Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 19, 2010

So typical, and so true.

Summer sulking has started!

Yup, time to go inside and watch a bunch of shows about people having fun outside….

The summer heat never bothered me when I was a kid. I was outside playing most all the time….except when it was raining. Now that was boring.

Grog: some of the best times we had as kids was playing pickup games of baseball in the rain, as long as there was no lightening it was all good

I’m jealous!

bald, my Mom wouldn’t let us play in the rain at our young ages.

Get thee children to a pool.

Bored already? I didn’t think it happened that fast when I was that young!

Doc, I was the same way. I could create a fantasy out of any situation. Maybe it helps that I was an only child.

Grog: you don’t know what you missed

Time to send away for some travel brochures from wonderful Geek’s Neck.

I’ve turned into a terrible, grumpy old man who assigns his kids chores if they come to me, especially during the summer, and say “I’m bored.” My response: “Good. You must not have enough chores to do.” That gets them outside on the swings or on their bicycles really fast.

And yeah. Playing outside in the rain never bothered us. In fact, it still doesn’t bother me. If it’s raining and the kids come in, I go outside on purpose and putter around. Makes the neighbors question my sanity.

ah, pleasures in this short experience called life.