I still have to exfoliate mom's cuticles to earn my allowance, and I usually blow it on comic books and bubble gum. My favorite comic right now is The Infamous Ace Grim -- I can't believe the stuff he gets up to every month!

Last weekend a bunch of us camped out overnight in our fort. We made a throne out of charred 2x4s for the Frightmaster to sit on, and took turns sitting on it and telling scary stories with a flashlight under our face. Vinnie told one about a ghost named Lucius who haunted the guy who stole his burgundy knee. Mickey was so scared he peed in his sleeping bag. It was totally swell.