A package for #4 Daughter came to my house. I left it in the front room ’cause it was heavy. She apologized for not being able to take it away immediately, and I indicated it wasn’t a problem having it there with the phrase my…

The family I grew up in was not middle-class. My mother always claimed we were middle-class, but that was, if anything, wishful thinking. For the most part, she was as aware as any of us of our actual circumstances, and as good-humored. Whenever we did…

Our #1 Daughter highly recommended Freaks and Geeks. I’d heard a lot of praise for it while it was on, so, when she said she and hers loved it and she offered to lend me the entire series (18 episodes), I took her up on…