Just Down the Hall

As the white six paneled door slowly opens I am greeted by a long, narrow hallway.  The walls, a light sky blue, are so close together that they seem to dare me to touch both sides as I scuttle down the hall toward the bedroom.  One side of the hall is filled with boxes, stacked neatly in a row about three feet high. The main source of light comes from the ceiling fan.  As the fan blades turn, I notice the smell of cardboard.  I look around at the near empty room and I'm blasted with memories of the past few years that I have lived in this house. 

 I remember hanging pictures down the narrow hall, and helping my son pull out his first tooth.  I remember my daughter asking me if I would marry her, and having to explain to her why I could not.  I remember having arguments with my wife in this very spot. I also remember making up!  The pictures have been taken down and now fill the boxes down the hall.  The lone decorative on the wall is the bachelor’s degree that my wife painstakingly earned just 3 years ago.  It is a source of pride to her, and of inspiration to me . I am sad to say goodbye to this place, and at the same time, I am anxious to see what new memories can be made in our next home. 

Taco Bell saves the elderly

 “Viva Young!” This was Taco Bell’s recent battle cry from this years’ Super Bowl.  From the start, we are witness to a group of grand-momma’s n’ poppa’s sneaking out of their old folk’s home for a night of partying and debauchery. All the while, a Spanish rendition of the song “We are young” plays in the background. When the shenanigans are over, the group moseys on over to a Taco Bell where they chow down in the parking lot before returning to their normal routine.

No actual information or logic was used in this ad instead the viewer was treated to un-realistic (albeit humorous) representations of senior citizen partiers. Viewers are lead to believe that they should eat at Taco Bell, not because they like it, but because that is what “young” people do! Taco Bell reminds us that if you just eat some tacos, pull some pranks, and get inked, then age is only a number! Nevermind the fact that behaviors like these may have an opposite effect with regards to attaining old age…

Creeps, Capes, and Cavities...

I think that Halloween is the favorite holiday of many children, and dentists! This year was no different; my children had a blast making me walk several miles. Just as my dentist will have a blast counting his money after the work he’ll get because of the metric ton of candy we brought home.

This year, we met up with friends and went trick-or-treating through the neighborhood. The neighborhood is basically divided into two sections, with each side containing many small mazes of small side streets. Needless to say, it wasn’t long before we got lost…not that the kids cared! It took a GPS function on our phones to help us get out. Like the commercials say, “There’s an app for that!” Too bad there isn’t an app that helps me get rid of all of that sugary goodness…

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Trick-or-Treat, Candy Quest 2013

It’s that time of year again.

Soon the streets will be filled with candy-crazed ghosts, ghouls, zombies, and sexy MILF pirates. This year, both of my kids wanted to be filthy bloodsuckers. No, not lawyers…vampires. My 10-year-old son told me “Dad, I would love to be a vampire for Halloween. But, not the stupid sparkly kind.” Then he started a two-minute rant about spontaneous combustion.  That was probably one of my proudest moments as a father.

We didn’t have enough time or money to do pumpkins this year. Fortunately, I found a couple of rally cheap fake jack-o-lanterns at the corner store. They’ll do. They certainly aren’t as awesome as this one:

This guy has some pretty cool pictures. It’s definitely worth checking out.

“Jack-o’-lantern” © 2010 William Warby, used under creative commons Attribution-ShareAlike License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en