Nolan walked over to my desk and tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around in my chair and looked into his cheshire grin.
“What are you doing?” I said.
“Oh . . . I just saw something I thought you may be interested in.” I noticed that he had one hand behind his back.
“It wouldn’t be related to what you have behind your back, would it?”
His grin got bigger, and he revealed People magazine. Jennifer Aniston was on the cover — apparently she’s one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.
“I don’t want to burst his bubble and tell him that I’m not all that excited about her,” I thought, “But I don’t want to lie to him, either. Crap! It’s a Parenting Challenge. What do I do?”
“Nolan, I –”
He opened the magzine and revealed a two-page ad for the new Ford GT. It was my favorite car at the entire LA Auto Show when we went a few months ago. He gingerly set it down on my desk.
“I think I’ll leave you two alone,” he said, and patted my knee before he left.
He managed to contain his giggles until he was just outside the door.
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It’s sad when you reach the age that cars are more interesting than beautiful, unattainable women. But it’s nice that Nolan knows you so well . . .
Heh. “The girl or the car?”
It has new meaning now. 🙂
Hee hee! A grin and a pat on the knee! The relationship you have with him is just adorable!
Makes me almost want to be a dad some day..
lol, i thought only my kids did things like that 🙂
great site
Ooooooooooooooooh a family moment. So are you really related to Jennifer Aniston. If so i think we are related.
*raises eyebrows* Not interested in Jennifer Aniston. Isn’t that a sin or something? That’s like saying you don’t think Beyonce’s tush is the greatest thing since toilet paper.
I like the new Ford GT too by the way.
P.S. Your sons are so cute.
I didn’t think anyone but my s/o and I had ever listened to Soul Coughing.
I love cute kid anecdotes. 🙂
Kids are the greatest thing in all the world.
In my own opinion…things are best served from our kids. I love that my kids know me so well.
You have good boys Wil, you are very lucky to have them, and they you.
My god that kid is clever!
And I don’t think Jennifer Aniston is that hot, either.
*snort*
Very cool, Wil…
We seem to agree on quite a few things…
Aniston: 0 Ford GT: 1
Woohoo!!! *8D
What did that have to do with Soul Coughing?
😀 That’s Awesome! I’d give Nolan a high-five if I were there, what an awesome kid!
*lol* That’s awesome. You can just picture it perfectly. I was babysitting recently when I said “Oh, it’s almost 6:30” and the little boy turned in a panic & asked “Is it 6 – 7 central??” Seriously. Kids rule.
Soul Coughing was one of the best bands to come out of 90’s and New York. Ruby Vroom is the name of one of their albums. For any Soul Coughing fans Mike Doughty is doing solo stuff . Check out mikedoughty.com if you are interested.
I think I just revealed what a true music geek I am. Whoops
Resistance is futile. He owns you now.
Funny!
That’s a cool kid you’ve got there, Wil.
Wil:
Gotcha! LOL!!! Are you loosing your touch? You were outsmarted by a youngster!
Scott
Wil:
Gotcha! LOL!!! Are you loosing your touch? You were outsmarted by a youngster!
Scott
It’s things like that that redeem my faith in children.
That totally was my first laugh in the mornin. That kid rocks.
What is it with men and cars…???!
Parenting is the greatest gift we can receive and it never stops tripping you up.
My 7 year old daughter has started calling me a geek….I wonder where she got that from….but I digress.
Happy Mother’s Day to Anne
LOL, that is so funny… reminds me of something similar my boyfriend did the other day. enter 1 copy of Arenea magazine, One oiled up scantily clad woman on one page, and a picture of the new version of my car (hot hatch), he was drooling over the car and said that the woman didn’t deserve to press her body against the car, was sooo funny.
hey wil,
that was soo cool of Nolan! isn’t it great to have someone who knows you that well!? i think so! he’s a cheeky monkey isn’t he?!?! tee hee
well, have fun guys…
take care
Rach
ps. happy mother’s day Anne!
bwahahahahaha! Your influence on him is showing Wil. 🙂
ROFL! Thanks for the laugh, Wil — that is *too* cute! 🙂
Luckily I got to see Soul Coughing before they bided adieu to each other. Now if they would stop their internal bickering, they could pop out a live album. El Oso was their best. Oh, and great story too.
Is your entire family screwed up, or afflicted with the humor bug, or what? Between you, Anne, and now Nolan, I don’t whether to laugh or fear for the collective sanity of your household!
Just kidding. That was priceless.
Sorry dude, but Nolan’s learned to play you. 🙂
And yes, that GT is totally awesome. Way better than Jennifer Aniston.
Wil:
Gotcha! LOL!!! Are you loosing your touch? You were outsmarted by a youngster!
Scott
Wil:
Gotcha! LOL!!! Are you loosing your touch? You were outsmarted by a youngster!
Scott
Wil:
Gotcha! LOL!!! Are you loosing your touch? You were outsmarted by a youngster!
Scott
Dang, I thought maybe Jennifer Aniston was wearing a WWdN tee shirt or something. A car? Feh!
Well that just brightened my day up. Nolan is so cute!!!
Happy Mothers Day to all mothers, past, present and future.
Do you guys have a fathers day? In the UK we have it sometime is June, I was wondering if any other countries celebrate fathers as well.
I thought I was the only one who listened to Soul Coughing 🙂 I guess “Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago” is permanently banned from all radio stations now, but I still think it’s a great song.
If you don’t have it, Ruby Vroom is available in iTunes Music Store.
that is awesome.
Bwahahahahaha
*score 10 points to Nolan*
That? Is adorable.
And Soul Coughing rocks.
Seems to me like your sense of humor has rubbed off on others in your household… 🙂
Now that was cute. Kids, what they do for their parents and yes Wil you might be a step-father,but you’re still a dad. I think those are the luckiest kids in the world to have you as their (step) DAD!
MOrgan
Soul Coughing shout-out and a touching guy moment. Hee! My day is made.
Here’s a question: Who would make the cut on “Wil Wheaton’s Ten Hottest Ladies of All Time” list? And you can’t say Anne cause that’s too easy.
Dude…pwnz0red by your own son. You must be so proud. =)
That remark was just absolutely perfect. Reminds me of my friends and I referring to the Museum Replicas catalog as “porn”. =)
Great story Wil! My best friend from high school just wants a boat. Men are weird.
Now THAT’S funny.
But it’s Jennifer Aniston. . . Eh, what am I saying? My husband is the same way.
Very cute story. Kids can be so cool sometimes.
By the way, how is your cat? I hope he’s doing okay. My parents’ cat went through that a few years back (IV’s and all). At least she got to go on vacation to Maine with us. We found a vet up there who would give her fluids. She actually had a grand time until about a week before she passed away.
Vey cute story….the sort of thing that goes into the store of family lore…
Sounds like the beginnings of a very wicked sense of humor…be afwaid, be vewy afwaid…
Reminds me of the spouse — we were watching a porn film called “Lust on the Orient Express”, and he was more interested in the train. Ah, the joys of being married to a railfan… sigh
Picked up Cory Doctorow’s Essential Blogging this weekend; first chapter he refers to various blogs, and calls you a “geek hero”. Gave me a bit of a chuckle. 🙂
Happy belated Mommy’s Day to Anne!
Smart kid – he knows that the car will never break his heart. His bank, maybe. Wait til he gets his “electronics” bug, and decides to see how funny it is to wire a radio transformer to the doorknob.