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Grafitti

Well, it's finally happened; my house has been tagged.

Check out this nonsense:

It looks vaguely like a Minion.


The perpetrator of this crime had his charcoal confiscated.  Charcoal, which I may have brought home from the beach after demonstrating how to use it.  Possibly.

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In spite of the longer days, summer has somehow seemed busier than its sleepy cousins.  I mean, there's sprinklers and bounce houses around every corner.  Who the heck can write while being sprayed with water or dragged into an inflatable castle. 

I really didn't think they allowed adults in those things, but apparently if your child is terrified enough, they let you in.  I would try to be a little more reassuring about the bouncy-castle thing, but they are actually unsafe.  Most accidents involve the the bounce house blowing away like some modern Wizard of Oz.  I'm not entirely sure if you could squash a witch with one, but you might be able to suffocate her/him before making off with his/her shoes.  Which is a really strange reaction to an accident, if you think about it. 

"Oh, sorry, didn't see you there," Dorthy dusts off her pinafore, "Now give me your shoes."

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