My kid busted his butt mowing lawns, babysitting, and raking leaves until he could buy himself a nice mountain bike. His busted butt has hardly left that bike's seat all year. It's the nicest thing he's ever owned and there's nothing he loves more.

But he neglected to lock it when he left it out in front of the grocery store today.

I guess hard lessons are what life's about, but let's just say Merril Hoge has nothing on me as a father who's angry at the world right now.