Back to School

Finally, after weather induced delays, Max's 6th grade starts tomorrow. With it, starts the transportation logistics challenge. For the past two years, Leon was taking care of driving to and from school, but not anymore.

Our last family event of this long summer vacation was watching (all four of us, Leon visiting for the weekend) the past season finale of our new favorite show Mad Men. Not exactly a "family television", but Max was diligently covering eyes and ears at all inappropriate moments, upset about Draper's infidelity and marital troubles and  muttering "not again, Don, not again...".

Perhaps it's the unforgiving brutality of the ad-world capitalism portrayed in the series is what Max finds in common with his own recent business experience in the online multiplayer adventure Minecraft. There, Max and Dennis toiled diligently for weeks building the businesses (diners and hotels), attracting customers, trading with suppliers and accumulating some serious wealth, only to find their world and riches shattered and destroyed by an "upgrade" that their server underwent last night.

Time to go back to school.