[There's (arguably) no horn tooting lamer than the sounds of two dads reaffirming that they are cool.]

The definition of what is cool has changed, hasn't it? [Like, mullets. Or saying "I'm down for that" has either seemingly replaced "I'm up for it."] Your girls will grow up to be cool but in the way that isn't...[King gestures not-so-vaguely in the direction of the photo that will soon be turned to ash.

He takes off his glasses and shifts on the couch a bit. His vision's blurrier than he remembers it. God.]]

Is it weird that I want to call Amanda to remind her to clean her dorm? Thinking back, I almost wished mom and dad had nagged me more about that kind of thing. [Whether he would've listened or not is moot now. Their dorm was a total "guy dorm" with a few touches from Oscar the Grouch.]