Pianoforte

I got B2 a little keyboard. It's cute watching him play on it. He said "I wanted a PIANO, Daddy." but I told him this was a start for him.

Gonna take B1 out and play frisbee.

What a dick!

First I thought this headline in the Chicago READER was about me, but then I realized it was about performance artists... This Guy's Penis Is a Work of Art. Ah, performance artists. *eyeroll* I think he needs to petition patrons for a bigger endowment. ; )

Piano Man?

B2 came over with two handfuls of Lincoln Logs and asked me "Daddy, can you make a piano out of THESE?"

Worst Word Ever

Want to know one of the absolute worst words in the realm of fantasy fiction?

"Piwafwi."

Try saying it and NOT laughing. The writer, R.A. Salvatore, is a NYT bestselling writer, and he coined that term as a Drow (dark elf) word for "cloak." The Drow are supposed to be super badasses -- and anybody who was an AD&D gamer geek like I was as a boy can't mention the Drow without thinking "Badass." So, along comes Salvatore, looking to make some money writing throwaway fantasy fiction, and does quite well with it. But he created the word piwafwi.

And for that, in truth, he should live in infamy. Just try sound like a badass while saying "Piwafwi." You invariably turn into Elmer Fudd. "Where's my piwafwi? Where is it, you wascally wabbit?!" Tone-deaf writer.