#192 — A Break from Cool

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It was mid-December when my wife and I noticed that things were going missing around the house. Milk, olives, and even toilet paper had vanished. We weren’t without clues about the identity of the thief. A pair of size ten riot boots, a mountain of laundry that resembled a quarter-scale model of K2, and the gentle sound of midday snoring from the guest room all pointed to a teenage culprit.

Our youngest, fresh from the first semester of his freshman year had abandoned the wild life in the engineering dorm and descended on us like a long-term house guest. Having to negotiate a new adult-child to adult-parent relationship was just a bonus. (Full Text)

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Notes:

• You can learn more about Munchkin at http://www.worldofmunchkin.com/ and Andrew Hackard (Munchkin Czar) at http://twitter.com/redpenofdoom
• Thanks to Robert at ItsJustUsCast for a kind (and encouraging) review on iTunes.  You can find Robert’s podcast at http://www.itsjustuscast.com/
• You can find my video game reviews (and lots of other game reviews) at http://www.techtalkforfamilies.com/