As we checked out with our groceries, it really came as no surprise that my 8-year-old son Sam pointed out a picture of Daniel Craig featured prominently on a Supermarket tabloid. You see, although Sam and his brothers have never seen a James Bond movie, he knows that his mother and I have been known to indulge in 007 films, as our preferred form of mind candy.

Pointing at the magazine and saying, “Look Dad. It’s James Bond!,” Sam read aloud in his charming Third Grader voice, “We made love seven times a night” (quote credited to Daniel Craig’s first girlfriend).  Wonder upon wonder and considering all of my possible responses (ranging from silly to the off color to complete silence), I was quite proud of myself answering in the only appropriate and completely truthful way with a simple “Oh my.”  Well done, dad.  Well done.  #PatMyselfontheBack

It is worth noting that my frontal cortex was mildly fried just looking at the cover of Star Magazine, much less the severe damage, which may have resulted from opening the issue. #PermanentDamageNarrowlyAvoided