When I Was a Kid, Agency Was Still Free.

If you get that, you're a church nerd.

And for your viewing pleasure, I give you - the child of an engineer.

Cheers for Chopsticks!

I made stir-fried noodles on Sunday. I wanted to eat mine with chopsticks. Of course, once I had chopsticks, poofus wanted them too, followed closely by chubs. I figured, what the heck, they'll have to learn someday.

After a quick orientation on the proper method of holding chopsticks, it was apparent that at least one of my children isn't mature enough for this.

Hey! That's cheating!

Well, I suppose it is a bit difficult to get them both in the same hand.

No, bud. They don't work for water.

Hey! Now we're getting somewhere!

Touchdown!

Whoops!

Success at last!

Maybe we'll give it a bit before we move on to steak knives.