Let The Boy Grow Up

Hello Everyone:

Finally, the blog posts are done and up for the week. Tech gremlins be damned.  I know I've said this time and time again but I need a new laptop. Really what I need is a job so I can pay for it. Whatever. The last couple of posts have been Halloween related: sustainable burials and the architecture of suspense. Both were pretty interesting posts. Not too scary. I leave the scary stuff to the experts. Anyway, mom was trashing the oldest nephew today. She does this all the time. When he was preparing for his Bar Mitzvah, she kept insisting that he couldn't read his whole Torah portion. He was going to mess up but he pulled it off. She swore that he would flunk his driving test, he passed. Now, she swears that he's going fail his college exams because he wants to study on his own.  I say let him study on his own and let him deal with the score. He's a big boy and it's high time he take some responsibility for his education. Mom is certain that he won't study. Fine. If he won't study, then the score he gets will be the result of his lack of effort. Mom is like that, crapping in everyone and everything. I shouldn't be surprised because she does this all the time. It's like she doesn't want anyone to be successful or have a good moment. She ruined Valentine's Day for me by desparaging a bouquet of flowers that the Brit BF sent me. It's like heaven forbid that anyone should have something good or be successful.  That said, I'm all for letting the teenage nephew rise or fall on his own merit.