Entries by Marty's Mom (MM)

The Banity Fair Party

Fish had not planned to stop on the carpet. Technically speaking, Fish had berry important work to do inside. Word had already reached him—fru a highly reliable source (a waiter carrying a tray past the lobby)—that the after-party contained multiple cheese stations. Multiple. Stations. This informashun had nearly short-circuited his brain. Still, as he hurried […]

The Oscars

Reuben had neber been to the Oscars before. In fact, Reuben preferred places that smelled like warm bread and qwiet mornings, not red carpets and thousands ob flashing cameras. But tonight was different. Tonight he was there for Baxter. Baxter wiff a B had been nominated for Best Broadway Adaptation for the Screen, and although […]

The Pizza Rats

Dr. Kebin sent the boys a baseball, and fings hab debeloped quickly. The Pizza Rat League has officially announced open practice. Spring training started a little chaotically, but the boys showed real promise. Reuben stepped up first, calmly holding down the ball like a seasoned pro. Scouts described his style as “thoughtful wiff surprising hustle”. […]

A trip to the Mobies

The bacation hadn’t started out quite how we’d imagined – in the middle ob a blizzard. There had been a little too much trabel, a little too much noise, WAY too much snow wiff freezing temps, and not nearly enuff qwiet corners to sit and fink. I could tell he was doing that polite Reuben […]

Life choices

Reuben picked the wrong time for his birffday bacation. Back home it’s warm, calm, and absolutely balmy… and here he is, standing in dirty snow dat has clearly seen fings, wondering how his life choices led to this exact moment. His scarf is stylish, but thin, his hat is decorative at best, and his birthday […]