Grif Holds Up Brick Wall...

This is Grif's 7th grade picture. Note he has dealt with the genetic curse of curly hair by consulting a hair-care professional who has straightened it for him. Catfish's strategy of wearing a stocking cap all night wasn't cutting it for Grif, so he turned to chemicals. Better living through chemistry they used to say. He insisted on wearing this t-shirt rather than the more dressy outfit his parents would have preferred. Now that I see the finished product I have to admit that this is a much more natural and Grf-like photo. The Old Curmudgeon grudgingly admits that he may have been correct this one time.

Grif decided that just being on the track team wasn't challenging enough and has joined the high school marching band as well. Unlike where the Old Curmudgeon went to high school (in a place where the high school marching band was made up of genuine high school students), the local H.S. allows certain 8th graders to be in the band. So the G-Man is attending the preliminary rehearsals. We'll see how things go as the rehearsals become more demanding.