July is nigh, vacation Bible school and summer camp done for many, fall sports practice, marching band camp and back-to-school shopping more than a month away, and children everywhere are settling into their mid-summer routine. I don't think "couch potato" quite captures this sense of boredom, lethargy and dulldroms. Maybe "couch mashed potato." Yes, that's it. Go ahead and pour a pan of gravy on 'em. See, nothing.