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| So Good Having Both Kids Back - Feel Like a Parent Again |
It is kind of appropriate that today marks the 1000th
post I’ve made on this blog. It’s an auspicious
day on a number of levels. It marks the 5th
anniversary of my daughter’s wedding to Wing Man. My daughter was the inspiration for me to
start this damned blog and it’s become something of an obsession, almost
therapeutic. I’ll never be the writer
that she is but she’s definitely the one who got me started and provided the
much needed technical advice along the way; so blame her if you inflict this
blog on yourself with any regularity.
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| My Son Gets Some Needed Advice From his PanaGal Aunt on the Finer Points of Kielbasa Cooking |
Five years ago also marked what’s known around the house as
the best weekend ever when friends and family gathered to witness the
wedding. The thousands of myriad details
just seem to flow into place and we were able to enjoy the time as much we
hoped which was a tall order. It is very
cool that we are in the process of the same type gathering as I write this to
mark her brother’s attempt to match that sublime time when he finally marries
the MEF tomorrow. If nothing else I
raised these kids to be expert at picking their mates. We head out shortly to start what I’m sure
will join the best weekend ever in the annals of family history.
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| Impossibly this Was Five Years Ago Today |
Yesterday saw my wife and her gang of PanaGals descending on
the hairdressers and malls of Worcester.
No prisoners were taken. There
was a frenzied mid-day departure to make appointment times and an eerie silence
fell over the heretofore rambunctious house; we could tell they were gone. My kids, Wing Man and I went to the movies
while the Worcester depredations were underway.
I saw Guardians again because it’s just that good; an opinion shared now
with Wing Man and daughter who saw it for the first time.
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| The Movie Gang |
We had a reservation at Zorba’s for all ten of us but the
Worcester raid ran longer than expected (not unexpectedly since a mall was
involved). The gringos were called upon
to secure the table as the PanaGals finally separated themselves from the clutches
of TJ Maxx and joined us for a rambunctious night of drinks and pizza. We ended the night with ice cream in honor of
the absent MEF, spending her last days of single lady status with her own
family.
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| Zorba's May Never be the Same |
My daughter finally got me to see the movie she’s been
obsessed with for the last few weeks, Snowpiercer. We did the ole “On Demand” viewing since the
Weinsteins have refused a wide release as the director wouldn’t make the cuts
they wanted. It’s a really good
adventure yarn with a top notch cast including Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, and
John Hurt. The remnants of humanity are
trapped on a never ending train moving around a frozen earth. There’s the inevitable clash between the
haves and the have nots led by Evans.
Some great twists along the way as the good guys are whittled down for
the final confrontation. This could have
been a blockbuster if it had been widely released, great flick.
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