It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts.

Is it like a Harry Potter thing?" He turned his head then. "A what?" "A Harry Potter thing," she said again. "You know, don't say Voldemort's name because you might attract his attention?" He considered it. "You mean the children's book." "I have got to get you to watch more movies," she said. "You'd enjoy these. Yes, I mean the children's book.

New rules. If you are smart enough to live, you won’t hit Charles’s mate in front of his father.

You will eat this and go to sleep, so your pronouns get their antecedents back.

Drink it,” I told her. “It’s good for what ails you. Caffeine and sugar. I don’t drink it, so I ran over to your house and stole the expensive stuff in your freezer. It shouldn’t be that bad. Samuel told me to make it strong and pour sugar into it. It should taste sort of like bitter syrup.” She gave me a smile smile, then a bigger one, and plugged her nose before she drank it down in one gulp. “Next time," she said in a hoarse voice, “I make the coffee.

You are a sick, sick man,” I told him. “Thank you,” Ben replied, looking modest.

Over a lifetime of dealing with difficult women, I have learned it is often better to give into their demands immediately.