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Au revoir

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You are here: Home » Au revoir Nico's first dentist visit. No cavities!  October 14, 2015 What the hell? My son tried to step on a lizard! I felt like I let nature and humanity down when I observed his attempted life-ending stomp. I never taught him to be so destructive, especially towards a life. Look, if we lived in a country where the food we ate tended to run away from us and we had to hunt and kill the animal to survive, then, well, bon appétit.  But this wasn't the case. I just went grocery shopping, for heaven's sake! And he didn't try to hide his planned attempt. "lizard," he shouted.  Like a soldier, he stomped his feet on the ground and marched towards the cold-blooded-skinned reptile. "Christopher, what are you doing," I asked. I saw the brown creature resting on the surface of the driveway. Surly, he'd see my son charging towards him. I mean, after all my kids, the scale of a large building compared to him. The only thing m...