Quality Time Seeker Pillows

"Who'd want to Retire...what would you do with your time?...Apart from spend time with your kids...see all those places you always promised you would...be the person you want to be...have a life!"

'Dad, do you really think trying to sell me life insurance counts as quality time?'

Computer as Centre of Family Life

'I just retired from politics to spend more time with my children -- are you my children?'

'I'm pretty sleepy tonight, Dad - could we just skip ahead to the chase scene?'

'Going shopping together is not me going into the store while you wait in the car and listen to the game.'

"Too crowded. Let's go."

"You go ahead and sleep, girl. I’m sure Philip Roth won’t be offended."

'C'mon! Speed it up! I've got a bottle of wine here that says it's meant to be drunk soon!'

"You know, if it weren't for Penny, we'd never find time like this to connect."

'I'm pretty sleepy tonight, Dad - could we just skip ahead to the chase scene?'

If you're looking for a good time, you'll find it; if you can't find it, it will find you....

Modern camping

"I'd say hi to my favorite teacher, but I think she's enjoying some quiet remote-from-us learning."

"I could have gotten to the top . . . but I wasted all my time in the park."

'For once can't we all just sit down and eat as a family?'

'Let's have a quiet romantic evening together...we'll turn our cell phones off.'

'Jack wants to stay home and rad books, and I wanted him to take up roller skating, so we compromised.'

'Enough is enough, John! You've got to choose. It's either your job or me.'

'Golf is Life (his).'

"Did you get it at Bed, Birch and Beyond?"

"I've got him on vibrate."

'And then Baby Bear said...'

"I work too hard, I think I need to spend more time with the children... Do we have any?"

"...We don't trust any restaurant that has room for us."

Don't be afraid of criticism. Openly ask for feedback so you can improve service.

"... but this is Emily Dickinson and that's a car alarm!"

Think Zero Defects

'Your evaluation is based on what you do in the next 30 seconds. Go!'

"There goes Daddy to the park again! And do you know what he does in the park? He sits! That's what he does. He sits! He goes to the park and just sits!"

The AdRams Family no.33 - The AdRams family

'I'm enjoying being unplugged.'

"He wants to know if you can come out and play."

"Suzi, c'mon doesn't matter where we're going - dad says gas prices are down and we have to go somewhere now."

Tunnel of sneaking off to check your phone.