No, I admit that Ryan doesn’t talk like any 8 year old you’ve ever met.  But there’s a long tradition of applying adult actions or speech to children. It just sounds funnier having adult-sounding talk come out of a kid’s mouth (although I’ll be testing that theory quite a bit in a couple of weeks).

Ryan is like me in that I wrote a story that I read to my 3rd grade class.  All I remember about it is that it involved the family dog, Lindy, and Charlotte of “Charlotte’s Web.”  (Yes, I know.  Charlotte died at the end of “Charlotte’s Web”.  Just take a look at the “Crank” sequel before you judge me.)

And I’ve been to Sarasota.  It’s really nice.