Archive for February, 2008

Chapter 5: It’s the government’s fault

February 21st, 2008 by Bret 1

As my son and I are driving to pick up a pizza while on a recent family trip to the coast, he suddenly accuses me of being a flake. Knowing my son, this sort of accusation is usually caused by a blood sugar crash, exhaustion from a long day or is simply a cry for [...]

Chapter 4: Bell bottoms, muscle cars and rock n’ roll

February 2nd, 2008 by Bret 3

To a child growing up in the ’70s, everything about the world seemed huge and grandiose. I’m sure that many kids feel like their surroundings are huge and grandiose, but the ’70s were even more huge and grandiose in a way that expressed a sense of excess and complete abandonment for all things not huge [...]