Comments for The Meat and Potatoes of Life

Comment on Feel it in your rear by Lisa Smith Molinari

Lisa Smith Molinari — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:02:21 +0000

Prepare yourself, Simon. Your day will come!

Comment on Feel it in your rear by Simon

Simon — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:54:33 +0000

Lisa, this is so good. I still have some time to go before my oldest is that age but reading this kind of stuff makes me nervous already. The thought of you finding a way to get thepizzas delivered is truly hilarious. Well, for me the reader anyway.

Comment on Feel it in your rear by energywriter

energywriter — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:35:45 +0000

Oh, and you do feel it in your rear, legs and arms. When the engine revs at the shifting point your body knows.

Comment on Feel it in your rear by energywriter

energywriter — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:34:03 +0000

WOW! Flashbacks! My dad took me out to a harvested corn field and wouldn’t let me on the road until I could drive straight down the rows. I was going to tell more but I feel a blog coming on. . . .

Comment on Feel it in your rear by Lisa Smith Molinari

Lisa Smith Molinari — Sun, 20 May 2012 18:15:32 +0000

If you can drive a stick in San Fran – you’re all set!

Comment on Feel it in your rear by Lisa Smith Molinari

Lisa Smith Molinari — Sun, 20 May 2012 18:15:06 +0000

Mike Ditka playing the part of my father — YES. Paris Hilton playing the part of me as a teenager — Not so much. I’d say I was more like Drew Barrymore in “Never Been Kissed.”

Comment on Feel it in your rear by zmanowner

zmanowner — Sun, 20 May 2012 18:03:59 +0000

I agree you have captured the first time driving experience perfectly. The feel in the rear feeling. I have this image of Mike Ditka as the dad and Paris Hilton as the daughter. lol. This post should be a tutorial for all teenage drivers…..zman sends

Comment on Feel it in your rear by lauriebest

lauriebest — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:55:25 +0000

Yeah, my father tried to teach me to drive a stick shift — only it was in a
half ton truck from his business. I couldn’t reach the pedals without a huge cushion. Needless to say, my experience was much the same as yours. My husband later taught me to drive a stick on our little car (he wasn’t a much better teacher) but I became good enough to drive the steep hills in San Francisco…scared shitless, but still I drove!

Comment on Feel it in your rear by Lisa Smith Molinari

Lisa Smith Molinari — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:55:53 +0000

My son does the same thing – for him it must be from doing those X-Box driving games where you get extra points for taking the turns fast even if you blow out the stop signs or bounce off the guard rails. Not sure what your excuse is…

Comment on Feel it in your rear by Mike Farley

Mike Farley — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:25:23 +0000

Beautiful, Lisa. You’ve creatively captured the experience of learning to drive for everyone with a license. And without a license, for that matter. Personally, you’ve taken me back to my first left turn, a 30-mph car-whipping that would have blended in nicely with the famous car chase scene in the movie The French Connection. My dad effectively reached over from the passenger side and grabbed control of the car, nearly forcing me through the driver’s door in the process. It was back to the parking lot for me.