Word: dad
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Several months ago, when I returned home for Christmas break, my dad gave me a very important assignment. Calling from the operating room, he asked me the usual questions of what my plans were for the night. “Good, Marco,” he said in his thick, Polish accent when I told him I was free. “Go and rent two movies, one action and one stupid comedy.” Before hanging up, he added one more detail: “Marco,” he said, “the stupider the better...
...limo driver” when told he can’t run down the jetway because the plane’s gone. He does, and falls onto the asphalt. I don’t think I’ve ever seen my dad laugh as hard...
Left to his own devices, these are the movies my dad usually picks. Several years ago, he returned home with “Wild Hogs,” apparently sold by the storyline pitch of “let’s throw together some crazy guys who go on a crazy adventure and have crazy times!” Sirs, you are not crazy, nor are you going on a crazy adventure. Please do not ever refer to yourself again as “wild hogs.” After this incident, my sister...
...Kids thrive when Mom and Dad are happy,” Fagan said, arguing that children raised by married couples are better prepared to succeed in society outside their families...
...Dad] gave [Sam] little mini rowing shirts when he was a newborn baby,” James said. “We always used to have holidays, going to training camp and rowing together. We always assumed that we were going to row because it was a part of our lives. Rowing was just kind of there...