July 13, 2008
Pretty much sums it up.
"The Declaration of Independence, think I could tell you that first sentence, but then I'm lost. I can't begin to count the theories I've had pounded in my head that I forgot.
I don't remember all that Spanish, or the Gettysburg address, but there is one speech from high school I'll never forget.
'Come on in boy sit on down and tell me about yourself. So you like my daughter do you now? Yeah we think she's something else. She's her daddy's girl; her momma's world; she deserves respect. That's what she'll get, ain't it son?
Hey y'all run along and have some fun. I'll see you when you get back. Bet I'll be up all night still cleanin' this gun'."
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June 25, 2006
On Parental Obligations.
It is difficult to control one’s emotions. When parenting, it is nearly impossible.
One afternoon as I was lying near the pile of rags which we call ‘the couch,’ my son was lazily playing with a miniature baseball bat. This couch, from which the children have extracted many yards of good quality linen, sat nonchalantly near the window. That is, its frame and the few remaining snippets of foam-stuffing sat nonchalantly near the window. The foam appears to be hanging on for dear life. Hazy sunlight was filtering through our gauze curtains.
Now I have never understood the purpose of gauze curtains. Why should a window have just enough of a covering so that visitors can fully confirm, by a highly visible outline, that you really are at home? Such curtains give no advantage at all in that whimsical game ‘hide-n-seek.’ And when bill collectors come knocking, they do so love to play. We play it with them all the time, what with five kids and all. It is so unfortunate, though, to be seen before you have had the chance to hide. I see, however, that I am slightly off topic.
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June 20, 2006
On Gentle Fathering.
When a father is assaulted with a weapon of any sort, what is his first response? Nature, while incompetently equipping the brains of children, has quite properly furnished to every being the desire for self-preservation. There are numerous instances which may be quoted in support of this assertion. And if the reader will send a minimum donation of sixteen dollars, upon receipt of the deposit, I shall be happy to forward the required information. But to return to my subject; what, I ask, is a father to do when his cad of a boy attacks him with a water gun? The only intelligent thing that he can: He must defend himself.
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