I know kung-fu

 

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

 

Punk's dead you're next

 

Family reunion

Mother wears her skirts repulsively high and sews mine no better. Her extreme height compounds the vulgarity but hey, we've got to pay the rent one way or another.

We put on a bit of a puppet show, though we lacked the energy to include the polka number we'd rehearsed in the barn.

My brother and sister-in-law are absolute jokes. Both drunk by noon, then nonstop with the double-dare dime bets.

This man is NOT my real father, regardless of what any DNA test and a penchant for jaunty hats have to say about it.

Eventually they don't fit in your pocket anymore

 Babies grow up so fast. You need bigger and bigger pockets.

It's been a helluva year so far

 

Flowers in her hair