By Justin Travers First of all, I didn’t know what a “DS” was. I mean, I knew it was some hand-held video game thing. I just assumed it was a type of video game. I pretended that the “DS” meant something like “Dramatic Stories”, “Decimals and Sine-Curves” or “Delivery Me Some Sanity”. I feared, however, that it meant “Death Star”, “Demons of Speed” or “Dirty Stuff”. Turns out that DS means “Double Screen”. It’s a video game thing with two screens. I have no idea what the screens are … [Read more...]
My Battle with King Video
August 12, 2013 By
My Battle with King Video by Justin Travers Video is King. So is the computer. The iPodtouch. The TV. The cellphone. Movies and TV and video, oh my! I fear that it is a form of pollution. It is deteriorating Zack’s brain. But wait -- I really do mean it. I mean, I know that any single TV show isn’t such a big deal. I know that one videogame is not going to kill my kid. But if I let Zack have all the video he wanted, that’s all he would do. And so, I’ve decided to do … [Read more...]
How I Learned to Drive Like My Grandmother
August 12, 2013 By
by Justin Travers “You never know what you really have until you’ve lost it.” “When I get weary, and I can’t sleep, I count my blessings, instead of sheep.” “Savor the moment.” These are such trite, hackneyed expressions. The only problem with them, of course, is that they’re true! And how do I know this? Well, I broke my hand. All this from a broken hand? How pathetic. So why did this affect me so much? Well, it was my right hand. And breaking your right hand is like, well, … [Read more...]
How to Hold a Baby (It’s Not What You Think)
August 6, 2013 By
By James Lucchese When I was in elementary school, our gym glass prepared for gymnastics night. I remember working very hard to learn all of the gymnastic moves. The hardest was the one in which you perch your knees on your triceps and balance yourself on your hands. The night of the big show arrives. The gymnastics performance was a success! But what would it be this time? Oh, I see, I was talking during the performance. “Why can’t you be like…?” My home was hermetically sealed. No … [Read more...]
