I got to see some of Anne's dad's work when I stayed with her for the DC F2F--it's really spectacular stuff, in a miniature sort of way. You can spend a long time looking at a single piece, following the line, seeing the humor, and examining how he's arrested the motion that, if you were magic you could wave your hand and the subject would complete the leap or the head shake, whatever it was caught in the middle of doing. Marvelous stuff.

And I had to wrap tinfoil around the antenna to get reception!

um, still do.

nothing was banned in our house. except actual swearing or hitting by real people. video games were pong when I was growing up. However, there were things like Mad magazine. which my parents didn't buy.( mostly like because it was Junk- my parents don't swear) ( really you have to hear my father spit out the word Junk and Nummy - meaning a person with a numb or no brain. really - these are vicious words) I am sure I could have used my money to buy it if I wanted it, but the neighbors got it.

ION, I need to leave for work now.

Beverly, would you mind horribly if I copied your post and showed it to my dad?

Not a bit! There was more, but I cut it back, about the play of muscle under the skin and the obvious feel for structure and function, but an overlay of, for lack of a better word, imagination that goes beyond mere structure and function...

Use what you think he'd like. I'm so glad I had the chance to see the pieces, and for the time to really sink into them a bit.

"No, Angel started out after Buffy on Tuesdays, and only moved to Wednesday after Buffy switched networks..."

Remember when it used to follow 7th Heaven on Mondays? Good times...

I was able to watch pretty much anything I wanted. I remember being a pre-teen and watching the North and South miniseries. I went to stay at a friend's house during one of the nights it was on and the mother of said friend was mortified that my mom let me watch it. I can't remember if she let me watch the night I was there or not... On the flip side, that mom was really into PBS and reading and Culture where my parents weren't so much so I loved it. She used to take us to the library all the time. It was like a treat to me.

Oh, and Ms. Pac Man all the way. The GF and I have been considering purchasing the Ms. Pac Man cocktail table game. If we did, we'd prob never leave the house.

There's a Ms. Pac Man cocktail table game? Linky?

Here 'tis: [link]

I read Roots (after seeing the miniseries) when I was in 5th grade. My friends thought I was a geek, but the teachers were cool with it. I had some questions for my parents regarding the childbirth and rape scenes, but was able to handle the rest of the book with no problems. Much better experience than my attempt at reading Gone with the Wind two years earlier (I was waaay too young for that one).