I almost forgot:

In case you haven't read back that far, M is 13. He's this quiet kid 95% of the time because he thinks a lot. He's also REALLY athletic, he plays baseball, soccer and just about anything else he puts his mind to.

So, last night we were in the car and he started talking... and maybe I'm just nieve, but the stuff he was talking about didn't seem to be the sorts of things that a 13 year old BOY would normally think about. I mean, aren't they supposed to only be thinking about cars and sex?

Anyway, I can't really remember where it came from, but he made the comment "When you think about it, almost everything comes from plants. Like milk, it comes from cows who eat grass..."

I laughed about that and said, "Yeah, even oil comes from dinosaurs who ate plants..."

He nodded and then got quiet for a second before saying. "When I get older I want to create a car that doesn't use gas, and doesn't pollute."

This lead to a discussion of the Hydrogen car, and his idea of a turbine powered by water that would then power the car... And then a discussion of purpetual motion, and friction... THEN he said.. "What about magnents? When you push them together and they push back... if you could turn THAT power into something - make them rotate, there wouldn't be any friction because they don't touch..."

MY SON is a GENIOUS and will do something that will change the world.. I just KNOW it!

Other topics of the night: Economics, Supply and Demand, Inflation, why sports figures are payed so much money, the effects of TV on sports...

The thing I love the best about talking to him is that he's not afraid to tell you if he doesn't understand something, and he's ready and willing to listen to an explination.

All right, that's enough of MY bragging... I'll stop now.