>>They are calling it the Max-ipad.
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>>That is SOOOOO lame.....and besides, if I "pulled the string" on topics like that, people would jump on me.
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>This could get waaay ruder but I'm not going there.
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>My sweet daughter Emily (not being ironic) just stopped by on her way to the homecoming rally. She will be speaking for the volleyball team. Mostly it's coaches delivering leaden rah-rah bits. Her coach is terrific, a college player herself, but is not the grab-the-microphone type and told Emily to put something together. As of this morning she had a comical skit in mind. She and her teammates were going to enact some of their in-house sayings like "Get back!" and "Nasty!" Maybe it will fall flat, who knows. I am pleased that she was asked. She is all but grown up now and she is her own person.
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>What colors these statements is a conversation in which you said Katy is going to be like X, Y, and Z. Tracy and I were in occasional agreement that it's not going to be exactly like that. We influence our children, hopefully in a good way, but past a certain point they are on their own path. It's actually a beautiful thing to behold.

I agree. :o) Good luck to her! I hope it goes great. It takes a bit if bravery to get in front of your friends and speak. However, you are probably more terrified than she is :o)