This Goes Out to All My Baby Mamas
My Mom is awesome!
How do I know this for sure?
She bought this for me.
As a child, there were maybe three things that brought me true, unadulterated joy:
1. Danger Mouse’s sidekick Penfold (pictured above), saying “oh, crumbs!” during moments of distress.
2. The Atari game “Barnstorming”. While the YouTube clip below shows the proper way for the game to played, I would literally piss myself with laughter for hours as I repeatedly flew my plane into both barn and windmill. I am not exaggerating about this. Here’s my brother to corroborate my story:
“This is his brother. Seriously. He went nuts over that game. I bet he still would if you could plug one of those things into a TV.”
3. And as long as I continue to go firmly off the range of my original mission statement, I might as well toss this in for good measure: Lego. I loved it then and I love it now, and I have to tell you that on a recent sojourn to Midtown Comics, I found myself purchasing a copy of “Brick Journal”, the magazine for Lego enthusiasts. I found myself equally entertained and drawn to the thing. I was also deeply enlightened, having learned about the AFFOL, also known as the “Adult Female Fan of Lego”.
And I thought that the world had run out of absurd acronyms.
[Update] Upon lovingly reading this entry dedicated to her, my mom reminded me of a fourth item that still brings me great happiness, after more than 20 years: my teddy bear, Snuffles.
Thanks, Mom. I loves ya.
1 year ago
