Games people play

Something I've started noticing more and more is the games people play. I have found that people take one of three roles in social interaction - child, parent or adult. Most negative behaviors can be traced to confusion or switching of these ego-states. Upon taking these roles in a social setting, the interaction is a game where the winner is the first to settle into the adult state.

I also have been noticing a lot of different games with balls. Yesterday I showed my football moves. Today I would like to highlight my moves from a game I like to call I-carry-around-a-big-beach-ball-until-az-apam-knocks-it-out-of-my-hands-and-then-I-chase-it-down-and-we-do-it-all-over-again.

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Next time you are carrying a beach ball and see az apam you should give it a whirl.

Tas Bacsi and Miklos Bacsi better watch out

Case Western Reserve University has been known for its academic rigor, not its athletic talent. That all changed a few years ago when a pair of cousins attended CWRU and played some football. It is now known for neither its athletics nor its academics.

Should I choose to attend az apam's alma mater, I could be the one to change all that. Here's a picture of me from Sunday. I'm going to patent this move. I call it my Rice-a-Roni, not to be confused with my Shake-and-Bake. The Rice-a-Roni has a little more kick and a lot more spice than the Shake-and-Bake. 16.5 years from now that move will pay the estimated $3,141,592 in annual tuition to attend any institute of higher learning.

The bestest anyam in the world

Az anyam was so kind to me. With the help of IKEA, she made a table and chairs for me. IKEA did the easy part of cutting the wood. Az anyam had the challenge of assembling, sanding, staining and putting other stinky goop on it.

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It's just like the table az anyam and az apam sit at for dinner. I can use it for reading, listening to music and when az anyam and az apam aren't paying attention, I can even stand on it.

You should have seen the other guy

I have gotten a bit beaten up and bruised up lately. I had a whole story cooked up about al-qaeda ninjas supported by the trilateral commission who learned of my plans for taking over the world and so they came after me, but I decided I'd tell the truth. I could never post a tall tale.

I still don't have the walking thing mastered. Especially when I'm tired, I fall. A lot. The bruise on my cheek is from a dive I took into a kitchen chair. My legs look like I played soccer without shin-pads. I'm considering going back to crawling.

Chocolate and peanut butter

Lewis and Clark. Watson and Crick. Kosar and Slaughter. Yin and Yang. Salt and pepper. These are all great pairs. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts with each of these.

Now take a trip with me on a culinary, mental excursion. Imagine bagels and pureed fruit. Now that is a great pair. On the greatest pairs of all time scale it is up there with me and Kai.

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I couldn't get it into my mouth quickly enough. If Chico and the Man were food they would be bagels and pureed fruit.

Prepositions are tough

Last weekend, when we had guests, the old males tried playing a game called cornhole. It was a simple game. Just put beanbags through the hole. At least it sounds simple. I thought I would show them how it's done.

Some of us, who are verbally challenged, didn't find it so easy.

First, I thought the goal of the game was to take the beanbags out of the boxes.

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Then I tried taking the beanbags away from the box.

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I've only been speaking the language for NEVER. A little patience would have been appreciated.