Short Cummings Audio presents Happily Domesticated » munchkin http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com Life -- In Funny, Six-Minute Slices Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:15:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Every episode features a new funny story. Think Erma Bombeck with a PC, Dave Barry with recording software or Garrison Keillor with a microphone... Oh, wait. Strike that last one. If you enjoy clean humor and a slightly skewed perspective on family life (I have two teenage sons...of course my life is skewed-up) please give this show a listen. Kevin Cummings clean Kevin Cummings KevinLeeC@yahoo.com KevinLeeC@yahoo.com (Kevin Cummings) 2006-2010 Life -- In Funny, Six-Minute Slices humor, humor essay, funny, funny story, shortcomings Short Cummings Audio presents Happily Domesticated » munchkin http://assets.farpointmedia.net/shortc/images/shortc.albumart.144.jpg http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com #192 — A Break from Cool http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2010/02/192-a-break-from-cool/ http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2010/02/192-a-break-from-cool/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:15:12 +0000 Kevin http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/?p=1291 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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]]> http://www.shortcummingsaudio.com/2010/02/192-a-break-from-cool/feed/ 0 geek,kids,munchkin,nerf Life -- In Funny, Six-Minute Slices 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 (http://wp.me/pjV28-aE)) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Like this excerpt? Want the whole story? Listen to the audio version by clicking the ‘Play’ button at the top of this post. If you’d rather read it, you can find the full text at http://wp.me/pjV28-aE (http://wp.me/pjV28-aE) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Notes: * You can learn more about Munchkin at http://www.worldofmunchkin.com/ (http://www.worldofmunchkin.com/) and Andrew Hackard (Munchkin Czar) at http://twitter.com/redpenofdoom (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/ (http://www.itsjustuscast.com/) * You can find my video game reviews (and lots of other game reviews) at http://www.techtalkforfamilies.com/ (http://www.techtalkforfamilies.com/) Kevin Cummings clean 7:58