That Look of Summer Parenthood

When does school start again?

Roadtrip of the Colossal Da-da

Summer roadtrip. With small children. See you in two weeks. In the rubber room.

Da-da's Summering Catalog of Transient Pleasures

Transient Pleasure #2: THIS is what John Donne meant when he said,
"No man's an island, but the archipelago's a spastic nerfbag."

Da-da's Summering Catalog of Transient Pleasures

Transient Pleasure #1: Unemployed in Uummannaq, West Greenland. Time to climb Mt. Da-da.

Da-da's on vacation this week, summering in indentured parental servitude, wasting his money on transient pleasures that aren't all that pleasurable. Sure, much of it looks like downtown San Bernardino, but there are gems everywhere... somewhere... here and there? Ok, there don't seem to be any gems, but denial makes good polish.

Scenes From Da-da's Mind-Roasting Summer

There was a lot of this... which came in handy for roasting marshmallows -- and body hair -- on the go!
Just think of it as a month-long shave.

The flames weren't due to any great speed, but were instead because the (motor oil and) natives *inside* were indeed restless and, well, COVETOUS of whatever their brother had in their possession, the two often catching fire within Da-da's awesome Wagon Queen Family Truckster, " HONKY LIPS" edition, which is awesome. And typically on fire. And now full of kid garbage. What's the coefficient of friction of kid garbage, anyway?

Let's see... there was also one of these. Mildly deadly.

And one of these. We survived both, despite the psycho children.
Um, FYI: children are far more frightening than any mass murderer psycho.

Then more of this, before finally reaching...

This. Ah. Well... this might be overglamorizing,  esp. as we never really made it out of our driveway. Sorry, the plate in Da-da's head isn't what it used to be (it's now made by LEGO).

Prognosis Negative: Da-da's Neuro-Fashion Systems Check

Summer Vacation Day 5: Da-da's neurons are all soupy, but his velour jacket is fabulous.