<p>SBMom, I played classical music since I was little, and I started playing gigs when I was about 10 or 11. I spent six years having my mom drive me to gigs where I was working hard and picking up a significant amount of money! It’s definitely a little strange being involved in something like that when other people are older. I’m glad that your son did so well. I’m sure he had the time of his life playing up there with the “big boys.” :)</p>
<p>Change of subject–or back to a previous mention…Shower Scum!</p>
<p>I have to report results–Someone said the Magic Eraser would remove shower scum and they were right. Best of all, I left the eraser in the shower and DH now scrubs away at the floor when he’s taking his shower! </p>
<p>That’s magic! :D</p>
<p>corranged, I have another friend who did that as a young kid, only he played jazz. He’d do his homework, take a nap, and then hit jazz clubs to play until the wee hours. </p>
<p>Yes, my son was thrilled. The college kids who’d arranged the show and invited him were parentally proud of him too, which warmed my heart. </p>
<p>And about 20 of my son’s friends came to the gig, which was sweet. All in all a very good night.</p>
<p>More good news: MY D IS HOME!! And we have set aside today to do Mom & D stuff all day long. Yummy!</p>
<p>S#1 leaves today. <em>sigh</em> -only slightly of relief… </p>
<p>Wow, that was a quick summer! :(</p>
<p>Page two rescue.</p>
<p>Hi folks. Just peeking in and catching up on what I’ve missed the last few days—been spending days working out in the yard. (I think I’ll have the smell of mulch permanently imbedded in my nostrils–woody, yet with an aura of cow poop). I’m off to do my nightly ritual of bowing to my bottle of Aleve, in hopes that I’ll be able to get out of bed in the morning.</p>
<p>SBMom I love the story of your guy and the big guys inviting him to play.</p>
<p>However, my life right now is more about the ibuprofen, due to typing too much:(. Does alcohol help?</p>
<p>It doesn’t hurt…</p>
<p>Don’t mix alcohol and Tylenol–ever.</p>
<p>SB…is your friend named Harry Connick Jr? He tells some fantastic stories of playing in a midnight gig in the French Quarter when he was in middle school. His mother died when he was young and apparently his father made the call that it was okay for a tween to stay up half the night with jazz musicians. I’m probably not remembering the stories correctly–but I believe he had to get his dad out of bed one night–to come down to the club to help him get his earplugs out of his ears–they’d gotten jammed.</p>
<p>Anyway, when I heard that story, I wondered how many mums would have let their boy do that…</p>
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Isn’t that SA’s house wine? No, never mind, I think ours has the aura of goat poop. :D</p>
<p>cheers, no, my friend is a money manager-- but his story is nearly identical. And I remember thinking the exact same thing about his mom!</p>
<p>Concur. Whiney with a top note of goat poop:).</p>
<p>Hi, just popping in to say hi today! Where does one get a <em>magic eraser</em> ? – and since we’re on the subject of poop, I think I spotted a piece of rat poop in excercise classs today. EEEEWWWWW! Okay, bye now!</p>
<p>Page 2 and magic eraser rescue!</p>
<p>In the grocery aisle next to other household cleaners. They come in a package of 2. It is some sort of very fine micro-sandpaper ? compressed into a block. You moisten it and rub, and it takes scuff marks off painted walls. </p>
<p>It tends to turn matte finish paint shiny, however, so you have to determine if the cure is worse than the disease (out, out, damn spot!)</p>
<p>So I’ve been thinking. Aluson is going to have to apply to colleges this fall. What on earth is he going to write his essays on?</p>
<p>Possible titles include:</p>
<p>Why The Russian Girl Should Have Won America’s Next Top Model</p>
<p>Why Kelly Clarkson Should Get Fake Boobs Even Though I Hate Fake Boobs</p>
<p>How Everyone Knows LeBron is Overrated</p>
<p>Why Steve Nash Bugs Me</p>
<p>Stuff I Don’t Get: Why Girls Talk So Much, Why My Mother Cares About Prom, and How Come My Dad is Such A Feebus</p>
<p>English Class: Where Kids Say Really Dumb Things and Teachers Say, “Good, Good.”</p>
<p>A Comparison of Sofas: Which Ones Make You Hot, Why Pillows Are The Devil, and No Puffy Is Best</p>
<p>Does My Hair Look OK? No Really, This Haircut Is Hideous</p>
<p>See any good ones there?</p>
<p>ALUMOTHER,
Your son could write his essay about his mom and her cyberfriends in Sinner’s Alley!</p>
<p>Don’t laugh – they’d all be great essay topics. Imagine you’re on the admissions committee and have to read the ten-thousandth “how I overcame my <em>**,” "how I scored the winning *</em><em>, or “how volunteering to help </em> made me a better person” – you’d love to read something different!</p>
<p>**edited to add: Under no circumstances should the Russian have won ANTM. That essay could definitely hurt him, calling his judgment into question!</p>
<p>I was sure that s1 would write his essay comparing and contrasting the validity of the science presented in “Star Trek - The Next Generation” and “Stargate” – fortunately he found another topic.</p>
<p>LOL. My son has mercifully spared me his opinion of my cyberfriends. Here’s hoping he has never read Sinner’s Alley. If I ever apply to college again, maybe I should use Sinner’s Alley as my essay?</p>
<p>LOL. BThis you are probably right. But don’t say that about the Russian girl, she is second only to Beyonce in his heart at the moment. I did tell him last night that the moment he saw a real girl naked all thoughts of his TV crushes will fade away. Haha. One of those rare moments when your mom tells you the truth.</p>
<p>I only WISH my son’s TV watching included any assessment of science. He is more prone to tell me which basketball commentators are dumb:).</p>
<p>I can just tell. This college season is going to be a long one for Alumother. Do I get a reserved seat at the bar or should I just bring my sleeping bag to the booth in the back…</p>
<p>LOL sjmom, or how about one on “Is the Delta Flyer is bigger on the inside than the outside?” Or “inconsistencies in the Buffyverse”? (Last night’s dinner conversation.)</p>
<p>Alumom, no girls here. I haven’t a clue what you are talking about on any of those topics!</p>