[Harmless Teddy Bear]

And it is the JOB of parents to embarrass their offspring on occasion.

Goodness knows, they have done it to you often enough. It is only justice to return the favor.

[Tax-chick]

Although I would not be wiggling my hips at the baseball game - only in the church choir when the ritmos latinos get going - I support this woman's freedom to wiggle, within the general bounds of decency.

It is impossible to satisfy teenaged children. They will stand there in their booty shorts and tank tops - or ancient, rotting jeans and a t-shirt that was purchased at The Salvation Army three brothers ago - and proclaim that one's long skirt and sensible blouse are "awful."

Fill in my my amplified rant.