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This is my parents in October 1972.
My Dad had been married fewer than two years. He’d spent a year in Vietnam, gotten the Distinguished Flying Cross, and made it home unscathed. He had a Corvette and raced motorcycles. He was cool.
Til I was born 3 years later and fucked it all up.
Happy birthday, Pa. Stay cool forever.
I’m glad I avoided the whole family thing and that I get to spend all of my money on beer and video games.
.-= Grant´s last blog ..But then again, they definitely do some things right =-.
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muskrat Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 8:59 PM
@grant, You’re the smartest person I know.
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June 23rd, 2010 at 12:56 PM
Somebody should have told him that it’s okay to put you up for adoption… then you’d be somebody else’s problem!
.-= Dave2´s last blog ..01/20: MIRROR =-.
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muskrat Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 8:58 PM
@Dave2, You bastard!
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June 23rd, 2010 at 2:10 PM
Ha! Now I see where you get your height and feindishly good looks…and your fetish for prairie skirts.
Happy birthday to your pop.
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muskrat Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 9:00 PM
@nancy, Thanks!
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June 23rd, 2010 at 2:11 PM
Happy Birthday Monseignor (Bishop? Cardinal?) Muskrat.
.-= SciFi Dad´s last blog .."Watch, Daddy!" =-.
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muskrat Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 11:49 AM
@scifi dad, Ha! That’s funny…I’m not sure how the hierarchy works.
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June 23rd, 2010 at 5:53 PM
Does that mean you’re giving him a Corvette for his birthday?
.-= jade´s last blog ..Best Friend Gift =-.
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muskrat Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 11:37 AM
@jade, No. He just bought a truck, though, so i figure he doesn’t need a new vehicle, right?
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June 23rd, 2010 at 10:27 PM
Corvettes and motorcycles. I like him already.
Did they have minivans in 1975? Did he get one? Ordid you grow up as a pillion passenger?
.-= headbang8´s last blog ..The Other World Cup =-.
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muskrat Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 11:40 AM
@headbang8, I don’t think they did, but we did end up getting a rockin’ Country Squire station wagon with wood paneling.
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June 24th, 2010 at 1:16 AM
Yeah, the Distinguished Flying Cross is way cool. Can’t ever take that away from a guy, so that pretty much cements his coolness for all time, kids mini-vans or not
.-= Keith Wilcox´s last blog ..Housecleaning: Who Rules the Roost? =-.
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muskrat Reply:
June 24th, 2010 at 7:30 PM
@keith, That’s what I like to think. It’s a coping mechanism, really.
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June 24th, 2010 at 3:49 PM
I think his coolness rating fell through the floor when his kid grew up to be a blogger.
(your dad was HOT! I love a man in uniform. Unless it is my brother, cause Ew.)
.-= Kelley @ Magnetoboldtoo´s last blog ..A single bogan ranga atheist migrant woman from South Australia is now our Prime Minister. Break out the tracky pants and ugg boots people. =-.
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June 25th, 2010 at 1:14 AM
@kelley, Fell? Because I blog? *finds nearest building to climb and jump off its roof*
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:50 AM
Very cool picture. It’s possible some of his cool quotient rubbed off on you. Just possible… Happy belated birthday to your dad. Great tribute.
.-= Chris´s last blog ..Large Like Jabba The Hutt =-.
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muskrat Reply:
June 28th, 2010 at 6:47 PM
@chris, Thanks…I hope so.
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June 28th, 2010 at 10:11 AM