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| Around the Table Last Night |
Okay for someone with no biological brother
(that I know of) I spent a lot of time yesterday with brothers. It was enough
to confuse everyone, including the Cantankerous Friend. I was finally able to
spend some time with my favorite addiction, the NFL Red Zone, in the Man Cave.
The added bonus was having the Soxfather along for the ride. He normally works
on Sundays during the NFL season but since the Patriots had already logged
their win for the week on Thursday he was free to let lesser minions handle the
league riffraff.
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| Dad, Time to Wake Up! |
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| Dad!!!! |
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| I Can Do This All Day! |
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| Ahhh! |
The Great Aunt was supposed to
accompany him but they had contractors coming in to finish off their bathroom
remodeling project so she was trapped down in Rhode Island. It was fun marveling
at the action with someone who knows so much about sports. He made the cogent
comment when we saw yet another failure by both quarterback and coach about how
lucky we are to have Belichick and Brady (well almost). It was a great
afternoon. I had to stand in for the Great Aunt, an acknowledged savant at barbecuing
chicken. I sought her counsel and produced a reasonable facsimile.
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| The Winning Run |
We abandoned the Red Zone when we ate
in order to catch the end of the Red Sox game as they went for their 11th
win in a row. We had just sat down when Pedroia finished of the weirdest scoring
play I’ve ever seen in organized baseball. Pedroia tried to score from first but
the Rays had him dead to rights at home until he jumped around and then over
the catcher. By the time the startled catcher applied the tag the ball slipped
out of the oversized mitt he was wearing because it was catching knuckleballs.
A great way to end Soxfather portion of the day.
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| Brother and Sister Together Again |
Shortly after he departed we were on
the well-worn road to the International Terminal at Logan to pick up my wife’s brother
and his wife. Again with the brother thing. I’ve been carping on him for years
to come visit because he’s so much fun to hang out with and his wife is the
perfect compliment. He, of course, has been dealing with my father in law’s
ongoing health crisis up close and personal so I’m happy we can provide a little
respite and hopefully some rest. We were in the depths of the Ted Williams Tunnel
when we received a FaceTime Call from the Cali-Daughter and granddaughter – I didn’t
even know that was possible. Since I was having my usual entertaining time
negotiating the Logan exit my wife got to have most of the fun. I did get my needed
scrunchy face after we parked at Terminal E.
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| Our FaceTimers |
This is the first time my brother in
law has visited in the autumn and he’s madly in love with the cool weather. I
get that. I only spent three years living in Panama’s year round heat but I left
with a profound appreciation of New England fall weather. We sat around the
table laughing for three hours straight while the Panamanians demolished a
couple bottles of wine. I had to behave since we’re talking school night but
that didn’t diminish the evening, even a little bit. There was the obligatory
viewing of the latest pictures of the First Blog Reader. I’m sure you can
understand why after seeing the photos below.
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