By Reel Urban News Staff
LOL, I’m BWL and CSL at Mom & Dad Are Dinosaurs!*
If you don’t understand the sentence above you may be a dinosaur, according Frank Mastropolo, author of Mom & Dad Are Dinosaurs! Humor for No-Tech Parents With High-Tech Kids. Published Nov. 1, 2023 by Edgar Street Books and available on Amazon, the eBook follows two clueless parents on a hilarious romp as they struggle with social media, smartphones, Alexa, email and much more.
Narrated by their irreverent son, Mom & Dad Are Dinosaurs! will have you crying with laughter over your keyboard. The book is a reality check if you’ve been baffled by AI, robot vacuums, streaming music and Zoom calls. They’re all in this joke-packed quick read, illustrated with side-splitting illustrations.
Mastropolo has provided Reel Urban News readers with the first chapter of Mom & Dad Are Dinosaurs! Enjoy!
*LOL = Laughing Out Loud
BWL = Bursting With Laughter
CSL = Can’t Stop Laughing
Work Keeps Interfering With Working From Home
Dad used to wear a suit and tie and commute to his office downtown. Dad said work was like Christmas. He did all the work and a fat guy with a suit got all the credit. Today Dad works from home. When he started, his biggest decision was whether to wear a bathrobe, sweatpants, or pajamas. He figured that out but now he has to remember when to change between his night pajamas and his day pajamas.
Dad seems happy to work from home. Now he can eat as many snacks and take as many bathroom breaks as he wants without comments from co-workers. He has enough crumbs in his keyboard to bread a chicken nugget.
Zoom calls have been a challenge. Mom and I and our dog Spiffy must remain very quiet when Dad is on a call. Mom was shocked to learn that Dad’s co-workers thought her singing was distracting. One day Dad had a Zoom call with a client. He was shouting at Dad like Gordon Ramsey demolishing a poor chef who just ruined a tiramisu. The guy said, “I want to speak with your superior!” So, I went and got Mom to join the call.
Dad’s job doesn’t have much of a health insurance plan. When Dad says, “I’m afraid of the dentist,” he means the bill. The lack of insurance caused Mom some anxiety, but instead of paying for therapy, the company gave her a mood ring. Dad’s boss suggested that if we can’t afford a doctor, we should go to the airport for free x-ray exams. If we hint that we’re carrying a bomb, they’ll throw in a free colonoscopy. Dad plans to make friends with the doctor down the block and drop health-related questions into conversations. We can’t afford aromatherapy, so Mom just randomly sniffs stuff and hopes.
Working from home might be getting to him. I’ve caught Dad having a conversation with a lamp. The other day Mom left a couple of dirty cups in the sink and Dad reported her to HR.
Mom & Dad Are Dinosaurs! is available on Amazon.
About the Author
Frank Mastropolo is the author of Fillmore East: The Venue That Changed Rock Music Forever and New York Groove: An Inside Look at the Stars, Shows, and Songs That Make NYC Rock, winner of the 2023 Independent Publishers Book Award. Both were selected by Best Classic Bands as two of the Best Music Books of 2021 and 2022.
Mastropolo has also written Mom & Dad Are Dinosaurs!; 200 Greatest 60s Rock Songs; What’s Your Rock IQ? Music Trivia Quiz Book Vol. 1 and Vol. 2; Ghost Signs: Clues to Downtown New York’s Past, winner of the 2021 Independent Publishers Book Award; Ghost Signs 2: Clues to Uptown New York’s Past; The REAL Brooklyn of Jackie Gleason and The Honeymooners; and The Not-So-Wild Animals of New York.
Mastropolo is a journalist, photographer, and former ABC News 20/20 writer and producer, winner of the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University silver baton and the Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists. His rock concert photography is licensed by Getty Images and featured in the Bill Graham Rock & Roll Revolution exhibition.
