I have had a pot of Cincinnati chili on the stove all day to make chili dogs later.

I approve. You can also have it over spaghetti, w/cheese, for the true 3-way experience. Add onions or beans for a 4-way, or get wild and have onions AND beans for a 5-way.

Another good girl. No regrets. It possibly wouldn't have changed a lot of things, if I'd done a few more things. A lot of the things I do later and,like Seska ,I found them over rated. Or at least not worth the consequences.

However, I did not study too hard.

Like Laura, I was bad in high school, had Teh Sex, did Teh Drugs, hitchhiked, dropped out of school. Of course, I looked like a great kid next to many of my friends, who did what I did and also joined wacky religious cults or swanned off to live in communes with no running water or ran off to ride in a painted bus with a lot of hippie-types.

The'70s was NOT a good time to be a parent.

By the way, the friends who did this stuff are now a scientist, a kindergarten teacher and a political consultant.

get wild and have onions AND beans for a 5-way.

Awwwwww, yeah! Chili orgy! (hey, everybody knows that after the fourway comes the orgy)

Not to contradict your mom, P-C, but shouldn't that be

Om Patnim Manoramam Dehi Manovritanusarineem, Tareneem Durgasansar Sagarasye Kulodbhavam.

"This mantra is attributed to Goddess Durga. The regular and continuous chant of this mantra by the male section of the society helps them get a wife of their expectation. The use of rudraksha mala (A beaded garland of the seeds of Eleocarpus Ganitrus Tree) while chanting is favourable"

That looks about right too.

Unsurprisingly, I was a Good Kid in high school. When I was in elementary school, though, I tried to steal some change from the closet to buy a Goosebumps book from the book order.

So 5 is where it becomes an orgy, then?

By the way, the friends who did this stuff are now a scientist, a kindergarten teacher and a political consultant.

Yeah, that's the thing. I don't think your behavior in HS is a great predictor of the rest of life. The boys are good kids. It will turn out ok. Part of the problem is that Brendon had money in his pocket because he did a job for a customer of mine that was short an IT person. He unboxed, set up, joined to the domain, and installed software for a couple dozen computers in a few hours. The head IT guy was amazed that a kid could listen once to the instructions and do such a great job, and rewarded him well. So he was able to go out to eat and go to movies and such because he MUST spend any money he earns.

Cincinnati chili - I don't do onions so I made it with a good deal of rough chopped garlic. About to make the dogs now, with cheddar on top of course. I hope some of it makes it until tomorrow, but the comments from DH and Bobby and making me think that isn't happening. Never made it this way before. Chocolate in chili, huh. Sure smells good.

So he was able to go out to eat and go to movies and such because he MUST spend any money he earns.

No piggy bank?

Bobby has a bank account and a good sum; Brendon is Mr. Instant Spend it all. (apparently his mother's son)