Wednesday, October 31, 2007

"Who are you and what have you done with my son?"

I drive Charlotte to her friend Jenny's place, all dressed up in her witches outfit, and they go off together tricking and treating (probably all of the latter of course, watch out for that sugar rush).

Get back and ask Jake if he wants to go out as well, and he says "No dad, you deserve to have a break too, go and play your badminton tonight. I'll go out for Halloween next year."

He is getting so considerate lately, its like he's a new person.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

That cat has claws

Friday night I installed Leopard, the new version of Mac OS X. Today my son gets on the machine and plays World of Warcraft for a couple of hours. He's just about to start another quest, when a disembodied voice suddenly says, in a pleasant voice, "You will be logged off in 15 minutes."

Jake nearly fell off his chair.

Parental controls - at last!