With Penn State football starting tomorrow, I thought I might recall with you guys, an interesting anecdote that happened about a year ago.

While coming home from somewhere with the Himes Family, (Mr. Himes, Judy, Joc, Jor, and Evan), Evan was in a rather talkative mood. I don't know what the deal was, 'cause Evan has ALWAYS been quiet around me, so the fact he said more than one or two sentences, and the fact they weren't mumbled was insane.

And then he made a joke. A really, really, BAD joke.

So, the joke. All of a sudden Evan says, "Dad! Dad! Did you see that Anti-Penn state sign?!" Of course, Mr. Himes is like "Where? Where?" and mumbles some words of disgust and stuff. And then Evan says, "Dad! It said 'no tailgating!' "

We all kind of just looked at him at that point, except for Mr. Himes: His mouth was hanging open in shock or something. Then Evan starts slapping his knee and laughing and saying, "I'm so funny!"

Now, Evan talks around me all the time, but he doesn't make really bad jokes anymore. And that, my friends, is a good thing.