Kids Score. Parents Smile.

One more item they left out of the Be a Parent handbook: Friday, The Great Ducknik took BZWZ shopping for a blazer (oatmeal), a sweater, pants and goodness knows what else. Duck dropped a bundle on this shopping outing, but LOVED EVERY MINUTE. Plotnik chuckled to himself about how good it is to be the child in these situations, and then immediately took BZWZ out guitar shopping on Saturday. They came home with a new Hohner acoustic guitar, for which he also dropped a bundle and LOVED EVERY MINUTE.

The item in the handbook ought to be marked: Kids Score While Parents Smile.

Meanwhile, Bum be um be Baby has such a hooky melody that The Great Plotnik has succeeded in driving his own self stark raving crazy. He was humming it while playing basketball this morning (FOUL? YOU CALL THAT A bum be um be Baby FOUL?) He is humming it while typing this bum be um be Baby drivel.

The odds are that Tiaposians will hear the song on Thursday, IF Plot hasn't decided by then that, no, after, all, it's a lousy song and not worth playing. Don't think that will happen. Could. Hmmm. Won't.