Humor - Peter McKay

Don't Bug Me!

Tue Sep 2, 3:00 AM ET

Creators Syndicate - This year, my wife and I have yet another son going into ninth grade. It's the start of high school and the beginning of serious academic study, the year when a child starts to think about what they want to be when they finally finish school. Mostly, though, it means it's time for the dreaded bug collection.

  • Just Looking, Thanks! Tue Aug 26, 3:00 AM ET

    Creators Syndicate - This past week, as we watched the Olympics on TV almost every night, I had to sit by quietly while my wife commented, with disturbing regularity, on all the young male athletes. She wasn't talking about scores, times, or world records, or even their medals, but about how well built they all were.

  • Screen Play Tue Aug 19, 3:00 AM ET

    Creators Syndicate - My 14-year-old son spent the first part of the year shoveling snow, then cleaning gutters and cutting grass — doing everything and anything he could do with an eye toward saving up a big wad of cash he could blow on something extravagant.

  • The Weighting is the Hardest Part Tue Aug 12, 3:00 AM ET

    Creators Syndicate - About eight years ago, I went to the doctor to get a full checkup. I was just entering my forties, had decided to start actually exercising for once, and decided that it might be nice to see whether it was likely that I'd actually see the other end of the decade before I put any effort into fixing up the body I had been issued.