Teenagers are bored. By everything. Show a teenager an actual volcanic eruption, in progress, featuring giant billowing clouds of smoke, hot rocks raining from the sky, lava floes destroying entire villages, etc., and the teenager, eyebrows arched with sarcasm, will look at you and say, "Gee, this is swell," then return to the rental car, turn on his portable CD player, and listen to a band called Stomach Contents.
Dave BarryEnglish history consists largely of royal people getting their heads chopped off...Needless to say, this brand of history was a hit with our son.
Dave BarryFunny, isn't it? The airlines go to all that trouble to keep you from taking a gun on board, then they just hand you a dinner roll you could kill a musk ox with.
Dave BarryThe older I get and the more fiction I write, the more I outline, the more I think about plot before I dive in and plunge too far.
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