Monthly Archives: March 2010

the new broom

Sometimes it doesn’t pay to teach your child to tell time.

INT. BEDROOM – DAY

KAREN and CHRIS are asleep in bed. They open their eyes to find the GEEKLET standing over them, sighing loudly to catch their attention.

CHRIS

(blearily)

Hi, sweetie. What time is it?

GEEKLET

It’s 9:10.

CHRIS

OK, we’ll be up in a minute.

GEEKLET

All right. I’ll come back and tell you when it’s 9:11.

…and yes, it’s occurred to us that he acts a lot like Sheldon Cooper. The difference is that Sheldon is an adult, and hopefully the Geeklet will grow out of this. Hopefully.