Lisah, good news for your uncle. I'm glad you Dad made it through the accident ok and I feel you on kinda hoping they take his license. I don't want to be one of "those" drivers when I am older but I also treasure my independence and can't currently imagine making that choice for myself.

Jesse, why discriminate against a robot. Talk him up big time and see what happens.

(((lisah))) That's a tough nut to crack.

Weirdly fascinated by the date-bot. Any signs of self-awareness in the monologue?

So, Emmett is 21 today.

I'm a little anxious because I know his friends are taking him out on a debauch tonight and that didn't work out so well for him at his HS Junior Prom.

In the last year and a half both Emmett and Matilda have both snapped into focus in a new way. Emmett is definitely becoming his adult self (instead of teenager).

And Matilda's pre-teen post-grade-school has come to the fore. Showing more strength and confidence in herself.

I always tell my kids that I'm lucky to be their father and I feel that way. Really love them. Really proud of them. Really enjoy their company.

Aww, David, that's a really nice sentiment.

I remember my 21st. I was working follow spot at the theater, so at the stroke of midnight, they made me a drink, on the clock, and then we went out after at about 3am for more. And then I worked my other day job at 7. Ah, youth.

The drinking age was 18 in Wisconsin when I turned 18. I didn't drink at all when I was in high school because I was alway the one driving. Didn't get drunk until I started college.

My 21st we were doing tech for a show so at midnight we ran to the nearby campus bar and I did a stoplight shot trio with two friends, then went back to the theater. The evening of my birthday we went to...TGIFridays maybe?? Someplace with kahlua mudslides but that my under 21 friends could also come with

OMG, my 21st birthday was a bar crawl in Harvard Square with two friends, one a bartender, one with a hollow leg. It did not end well for me.

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday Emmett!

Just got back from the Renaissance Faire. It was fun, we got to see the performers we wanted to see and ran into some friends. It was quite hot, though.

Happy zit day Emmett!!!&

Skipped like 1000 posts - cannot believe I haven't been here since before the eclipse.

I've just finished watching anot episode of Handmade in America which featured a millinery from Charleston SC who ,pages the kind of harps that get displayed in the Kentucky Derby Museum Last week they featured the Dehner Boot Company and they have featured amazing hand-tooled saddles it's on anew odd channel Inspiration (or something) and also features repeats of Walker? Texas Ranger which makes me think I probably shouldn't be supporting it - but Kentucky Derby Hats!!! Handmade riding boots!! Amazing hand tooled saddkes!!

Happy birthday Emmett!

18 was the drinking age for me in NY. By the time I was 21 I was living outside Philly with DH#1 in an apartment sleeping on the floor and eating with a cardboard box for a table. I remember clearly thinking that adulthood was not at all impressive. Of course we did have several hundred albums and lots of high end stereo equipment from working in radio. But no furniture.