Thursday, January 13, 2005
Today is the day I fly away
A Quick Vignette, On the occasion of the last night at home with the FAB parents
ABC's 11 o'clock news is on the small tv screen in the family den. FAB and FAB Daddy watch the news while, a few feet away, FAB Mommy struggles with a fancy read and reply email maneuver which has been baffling her for about an hour and a half now. The news cuts to commercial break.
NYC anchor Roz Abrams: Up ahead, more on Brad and Jen, and later, Prince Harry has a lot of explaining to do.
FAB Daddy: Jeez, they're really scraping the barrel for news tonight.
FAB: I think Brad and Jen are still news though.
FAB Daddy: Who is Bradandjen?
FAB Mommy: Do you want to go to dinner and this concert at Carnegie Hall with Hank?
FAB: Who's Hank?
FAB Daddy: You need to give me more information than that. When? Who's playing?
FAB Mommy: Carnegie Hall.
FAB: Who's Hank?
FAB Daddy: Why don't you ask him what the concert is? Actually, just look it up online. Wait, no don't.
FAB: Who's Hank?
silence except for the news anchors on the television
FAB Mommy: How do you spell Carnegie? C-A-R-N-E-I-G-H-I?
Editor's note: Mother, you are a lovely woman. And as such, I overlooked the note you left in my book about the author growing up in Wisconcin (sic.), or the other note you left last Wednesday about little Jonny's Bar Mitzpha (sic.), but Carneighi? Good God, woman.
ABC's 11 o'clock news is on the small tv screen in the family den. FAB and FAB Daddy watch the news while, a few feet away, FAB Mommy struggles with a fancy read and reply email maneuver which has been baffling her for about an hour and a half now. The news cuts to commercial break.
NYC anchor Roz Abrams: Up ahead, more on Brad and Jen, and later, Prince Harry has a lot of explaining to do.
FAB Daddy: Jeez, they're really scraping the barrel for news tonight.
FAB: I think Brad and Jen are still news though.
FAB Daddy: Who is Bradandjen?
FAB Mommy: Do you want to go to dinner and this concert at Carnegie Hall with Hank?
FAB: Who's Hank?
FAB Daddy: You need to give me more information than that. When? Who's playing?
FAB Mommy: Carnegie Hall.
FAB: Who's Hank?
FAB Daddy: Why don't you ask him what the concert is? Actually, just look it up online. Wait, no don't.
FAB: Who's Hank?
silence except for the news anchors on the television
FAB Mommy: How do you spell Carnegie? C-A-R-N-E-I-G-H-I?
Editor's note: Mother, you are a lovely woman. And as such, I overlooked the note you left in my book about the author growing up in Wisconcin (sic.), or the other note you left last Wednesday about little Jonny's Bar Mitzpha (sic.), but Carneighi? Good God, woman.
