Dad, afar on a European adventure, writes from a tiny hotel in central Holland, his laptop buzzing signals through the air of the dim restaurant, a pint of Heineken in one hand, a mouse in the other:

“Today was cool Plus 2…”

I guess that means he’s having a good time.

I think I need to use more mathematical expressions in my descriptive speech. We should all say things like: “Groovy plus 8!” or “Depressing times 4″ It would keep us all on our toes! Warp our minds. Melt our feet into puddles and make us more confused than ever before.