We
received notice yesterday that our now 40-year-old daughter somehow survived her
totally awesome birthday party hosted by her fellow Curbside Girls and a bevy
of other friends. They returned to the Brooklyn haunts of their early twenties
and then launched an invasion of Manhattan aboard a party bus. So, survival was
not assured, hence the relief. She was still bubbling about the time spent with
her friends when we talked. They know she’s a big reader (having bred true from
a certain blog writer) and they had a big surprise in store for her in the
middle of the ride. They pulled up to the Union Square Barnes and Noble and
told her she had ten minutes to pick out as many books as she could physically
carry at one time and that would be her present from them. Despite the four-floor
climb to her target area, she gleefully over-achieved. That’s my girl! See pictures below chronicling the well played insanity.
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| Dinner Tonight |
We
were also achieving here back in the Commonwealth but on a decidedly less prestigious
scale. Keene Friend drove down today to take us out to dinner. Being Tuesday,
we decided he should come down earlier to so we could hit a movie. That was as
much fun as we imagined, see review below. After the movie we invaded the
nearby steak house and took absolutely no prisoners. The “Outlaw Ribeye” should
be registered as a dangerous weapon. The dinner was filled with the usual
banter and dry humor Keene Friend is renowned for. We coordinated a weekend rendezvous
as we are both attending the wedding celebration of Keene Friend 2’s step-daughter.
A very good day indeed, Tuesday, that is. Any time spent with one of my best
friends, seeing a movie, and then devouring dead animal flesh, has to rate.
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| Daughter with the Gang Saturday Night |
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| Set Loose in the Big Apple |
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| With Two Other Original Curbsiders |
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| Very Serious About Being 40 |
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| Returning to One of their Favorite Bars |
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| Curbsiders Still Know how to Party |
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| Daughter Loose in Barnes and Noble |
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| Targets Acquired |
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| No Problem Carrying All These |
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| Happy Birthday Kiddo |
The
Creator is a very interesting sci fi epic film, despite the obvious Chinese influence.
John David Washington once again proves that he’s that rare son of a renowned
actor who can more than hold his own. He plays a disaffected former soldier
called back into service to hunt down a doomsday weapon developed by the enemy.
The enemy is AI which seems to be the latest cinematic trend towards not offending
any one ethnic group. Superimposed on the plot is an unconventional love story
as well as a true test of parenthood. While the movie takes a while to get to
the point, the acting and special effects make the wait more than worth it.
There is also a very funny moment involving an automatic language translator, highlighting
a love of mother. A well done and thoroughly enjoyable sci fi flick.
As
bad as the Red Sox season was, and it was, totally, the nation received a gut
punch with the seemingly sudden death of legendary knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.
He was a pillar of the Sox in the late 90s and a key member of two world
champion teams. While it could be frustrating at times, with the knuckleball fickleness,
he was also a consummate professional. Fans got to know him a lot better after
his baseball career ended and he stuck around Boston to become a respected
commentor on the Red Sox network, including some play-by-play work. He was
justifiably lauded for his tireless work in the community, especially with young
Jimmy Fund cancer patients. The death came as a shock as no one knew he was
battling brain cancer himself. He will be missed as one of the classiest Red
Sox players ever and just a great person.
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RECURRING CHARACTERS:
ABFA – Amazing Best Family
Athlete - my daughter
in law; BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – granddaughter
#3; BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel -
second granddaughter; Cantankerous Friend – friend since grade school who likes to argue
about everything, poses as radical leftist to attract women; CRC - Connecticut
Riverboat Captain – another close friend from high school, renowned sailor
of the big river; Curbside Girls – close
friends of my daughter acquired during him her single days in Brooklyn; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); FBR - First Blog Reader -
first granddaughter; First Friday –
celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Kindergarten Friend – friend
since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife –
her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd Musquetera (musketeer); Namesake Nephew –
son of Great Aunt and Soxfather named after me; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia
member; PanaGals – female relatives /friends
of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin
Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we
have lived & their spouses; PCR - Pittsburgh College Roommate– high
school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; PCR+1 - Pittsburgh College Roommate’s wife; Riggins - also known as the
Grandpuppy, son's dog; Soxfather -
my brother in law; Tia Loca – wife’s younger sister; Wingman – my son in law; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course
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