It started with a throwaway joke. “Look at us, driving a minivan to Costco. We’re livin’ the dream,” I said to my wife on Sunday. Then it all came crashing down, the words reverberating in my skull. I sat there…
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What Has Happened to Me?
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Imperial Minivan
My journey towards the dark side is complete. I now own a minivan in glossy piano black that looks like a shard of Darth Vader’s helmet. I have no qualms about driving this vehicle since it looks cool, drives like…
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More Minivan Woes
There’s something about buying a used minivan that makes your shoulders slump down. Maybe it’s because minivans are never “lightly used”. It’s like buying a donkey and expecting it to be sprightly and have a straight back. These things are…
Posted in Parenting, Products Tagged with: car, car shopping, cool, imperial shuttle, minivan, used car
Relinquishing Manhood
Ever since the car crash we’ve been driving around a rental car and trying to figure out what kind of car to buy. Oh, I know, First World Problems, but we hadn’t been planning on buying a car and haven’t…
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