This refrigerator magnet.
It’s a photo of Bossy and her brother, taken over two decades ago. This magnet is one of the few that work because it covers a larger surface area — and hi, have you met Bossy the physics professor?
The photo was taken on Thanksgiving, and Bossy’s brother is still enjoying his plate of food, which is strangely on a paper plate, and so that would be, yeah, high school graduation plus three years minus one apartment at 18th and Green Street divided by parental divorce = 1987.
Bossy’s brother is enjoying his second helping or maybe even third, and he’s wearing leopard suspenders. Bossy still has that belt with the droopy metal chains and the black skirt, and they have taken up residency in her Shmata Collection.
Bossy can’t describe the kitchen grease that has collected on this plastic refrigerator magnet except to say, If you knew, you’d become a fruitarian.
danette says
January 6, 2009 at 10:56 amwow! at first glance (and then even after a long, hard look!) i thought that you were hugging scott baio at some outdoor cafe!
pkzcass says
January 6, 2009 at 11:03 amWas Bossy’s brother a Bay City Roller?
steph says
January 6, 2009 at 11:53 amI have forever been convinced that Bossy’s brother is some big time star from some eighties band that I just can’t think of. Seriously, wasn’t he on MTV?
MariaV says
January 6, 2009 at 11:56 amLike photos of the goofs, photos of Bossy and her brother give me the warm fuzzies.
Gigi says
January 6, 2009 at 11:56 amThe gene pool in your family is NOT FAIR.
Cat says
January 6, 2009 at 12:08 pmAt first I thought that was Bossy’s son.
Lisa says
January 6, 2009 at 12:46 pmI thought it was Chachi too!
Reeb says
January 6, 2009 at 2:32 pmGosh, he went well with your drapes.
JenKneeBee says
January 6, 2009 at 3:22 pmAwesome suspenders!
so NOT cool says
January 6, 2009 at 5:05 pmIs this your way of saying that you have a black fridge?
Which is cool, cuz, my stove is probably older than I am.
Jess says
January 6, 2009 at 5:24 pmI grew up on 23rd and Green. Small world.
Emily Moser says
January 6, 2009 at 7:57 pmIs that a mullet he’s wearing? Bwa-ha-ha!!! However his suspenders DO rock! At least you don’t have the big hair so there was hope for you back then!
Lisa says
January 6, 2009 at 10:05 pmtotally looks like Boss and her son. TOTALLY!!