Urf!

GK Critic

Family Motto

Happy Thanksgiving
Once again we at Urf! have joined the great migration, packing everyone up and heading east to my grandparents’ house. We travel heavily with luggage, toys, computer, stroller and ravioli.Travel at Thanksgiving is a tradition begun … well, a long time ago with the Pilgrims, a people who came to this country in pursuit of a decent homemade stuffing recipe. As brave and self-reliant as those people were, all they really did was take a sailing trip across an ocean – they even call it a pond – to get here. They never sat still in an unmoving Mazda van with four kids and a Quarter Pounder With Cheese pressing on the lower intestine on I-20 in Atlanta as they waited for cars

Overheard
C has been studying Greek mythology at school.C: Dionysus is the god of wine.S: Of what?C: Wine, as in 'mom and dad drink it.'

Meat and pudding
A couple of things ...Last evening I was yelling at S in the dining room to stop doing ... whatever it was she was doing, or to start doing what she should have been or ... something, as I was heading out to the patio to grill dinner. When I went through the living room, still shouting back at S, with a gallon-size Zip-Loc bag full of pork chops and marinade, JP looked up and screamed, "Aahhhhh! He killed S!"Later, and on another food note, S was asking for dessert (she was not, in fact, in that Zip-Loc bag) and, as is typical, her mother told her that she could have some if she could get whatever it was she wanted for herself. Some time after that, Kristy was in the

Halloween Treat
Zeus, a zombie cheerleader and a mad scientist walk into a bar ...

S is for Stinky
I spend a lot of time and vocabulary defending the Memphis City School system, both here and in my column. But last night, S came running into the room and asked us if "stinky" is a word. It went like this:S: Is stinky a word?Us: Stinky?S: Steeenky.Us: Stinky?S: Steeeenky.Finally, C came in to help us out.C: She thinks it's "stanky."And she did, too. We set her straight. One of those lessons better learned at home, I suppose.