“Oh, cool,” we all said in unison. “No, not cool. Nothing about my motorized chair is cool, nor is it a toy to be played with. I will need it to get around this house, and I’m telling you kids to stay off it.” We murmured in agreement but managed to break it the first week. The initial transgression might have been my imitation of Robert Redford riding a chairlift in Downhill Racer, or Alex pretending he was Dante descending into hell, but Dominique’s impression of Katharine Hepburn gliding down the staircase to meet Monty Clift was definitely worth getting yelled at.
