Clarifications

Family members have been providing feedback on how they are depicted in the blog. My Dad texted the other day to nitpick that he had taught not just Physics at Bard College, but Math as well. So we have updated the Dad Doll in the Blog Store to come with a Math textbook in addition to the Physics textbook he carries (you can still order his 1959 Fiat with suicide doors in limited edition only). Sorry, no back orders.

Meanwhile Max chimed in last night to say that he had caught up with the blog and he also had a quibble. Seems I’m making him out to be too cheerful, too optimistic, and he just doesn’t like that. He believes I’m not capturing his dark and curmudgeonly nature and I’m presenting him as a sort of Pollyanna type who exists to cheer me on. I asked for an example and he pointed out the anecdote from our hotel in Scotland, where I said staying in a former maternity hospital gave vibes of women in pain, and he said it gave vibes of happy new mothers. “But that really happened,” I said! “You are making me out to be some kind of look-on-the-bright-side type!” he complained. Heaven forbid.

So our Max Model in our Blog Store now comes with Extra Cantakerousness, Bile, and Ill-Humor at NO EXTRA COST to you, the reader! That supportive guy and great dad you’ve grown to love in our pages will also feature a Cloak of Irascibility from now on. Use code FLATULENT for savings at checkout.

I wonder if Augusten Burroughs has these sort of problems.