I knew I had to say something, tried so hard to, but all I could say was, “Oh.” Crikey, ‘Oh.” How absolutely idiotic of me. No wonder my littl... sis Jaden laughed as she strode across to me and took me by the upper arm. I was speechless, somehow outside my body as she pulled me across the room to a dining chair. I just thought she was going to sit on the chair and pull me across her lap, but no. She placed one foot on the chair and said in a strict voice that left me blubbering, “Climb up and. He handed it to his daughter, who struggled to separate the cloths. He dunked the material in a glass of ice water and handed it back to her. The pieces came apart easily. What was this, a fucking magic show? "We can also design FasTack to operate under particular pressure and stress characteristics."These were all very nice demonstrations, but even a techie like me knows that products are where the development dollars hit the road."I trust FasTack implicitly, even with my daughter's dignity.. But I put down what I could and I knew that the bandwould help me put the rest down later.Mom interrupted me just as I finished the song, and I smiled at her asshe entered."How are you doing?" she asked while stepping into the room."Great!" I replied while setting my guitar back in its case. "I justwrote another song! Did you know that Paul came to the CD signing?" Paul Johnson?" Mom asked astonished. I nodded and smiled. Paul had beenover to our house many times when we were lab partners, but. The girls were giggling and gossiping in the living room and after a few hours of working, they decided to go out for a drink.I gave them my no drinking and driving lecture and they promised to be good. I went to bed about midnight, they were still out. At about 2:00 a.m., I heard them come home, not too intoxicated but feeling very happy. I rolled over to try to get back to sleep when I was suddenly awakened by two shakes of my bed. I looked up and there they were smiling like Cheshire cats.