I still have to wash dad's feet to earn my allowance, and I usually blow it on comic books and bubble gum. My favorite comic right now is Alternate-Universe Dex Grim -- I can't believe the stuff he gets up to every month!

That big bully Vinnie Harrison took my lunch money and tore up my copy of Alternate-Universe Shekky Gently and the Moon Secret today. I hate him so much! Mr. Blackwell says if you ignore a bully, he'll lose interest. My dad says that's a crock of bullcrap (except he didn't say bullcrap, he said a bad word) and that the only way to deal with a bully is to smash his foot in. He's really big though! Maybe I should take some os-fu lessons.