Friday, May 18, 2007

Remote Control Violence

I’m at the kitchen table, pounding away on a work project which never seems to die, but keeps limping along, sapping me of my precious bodily fluids as the days pass. I’m logged into my zillion IM accounts, because, well, I don’t know, really, Adium just happens to be open. So I IM to my oldest daughter Carrie, who will be first in line to get the MSN skin embedded chat client when it comes out in the next few years.

Me: is lucas still there?

Carrie: He is.

Me: as soon as whatever he’s watching [on TV] is over or 11 (whichever comes first), he has to go to bed.

Carrie: It’s over.

Me: smack him!

Carrie: I did

Me: and tell him I said to go to bed!
Me: i didn’t hear an outburst
Me: better smack him again

Seconds later, I hear Lucas, “Hey! Why’d you do that? Ow!”

We are the modern American family.

Posted by Jon on 05/18/07 at 12:04 AM
  1. And Carrie is a Good Daughter.

    Posted by Radioactive Jam  on  05/18/07  at  08:01 AM
  2. Personally I’m all for being nice to little brothers, but I’m the youngest of 4 kids.

    Posted by michael  on  05/18/07  at  09:55 AM
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