The Boy has wanted a Rubik’s cube for some time now — a week or so. For him, it’s felt like an eternity. We ordered him a pair from the South American River Store: a 2×2 and a classic 3×3. This evening, I worked with him on the 2×2, trying to show him how to move corners around. It’s a two- or three-step process most of the time, and while he’s making progress, he’s still got some time before he’ll feel comfortable working a 3×3. And that’s just working one color.

I never learned how to work a cube fully. I could do one side, two sides. I think I got three sides once or twice. But a fully completed puzzle? It never happened. I had a book, but it just didn’t make sense.

Now we have YouTube — which means I’ll defeat this beast before I die…