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My grandfather died today at 94. Things he did with his life: Corporate lawyer for an engineering firm. WWII Veteran: He maintained the Naval warehouse which was a building reminiscient of the the final scene of Raider's of the Lost Ark. It was his job to find things. Hiring manager during the 50s who got blacklisted people jobs. Clown and mime. Brilliantly scarring us at birthday parties. Off-Broadway actor. He was in Tony and Tina's wedding for years. Commercial modeling. He was one of the bakers who stayed asleep while the Duncan Donuts guy had to make the donuts. Folk Dancer. He and my grandmother once toured thru Eastern Europe to folk dance with the folk. Rock Music Fan. All of us grandchildren would raid his vinyl collect and come up with The Beatles and The Who and the Rolling Stones. Intellectual. One could not go to my grandparents' apartment in the Upper West Side without a book and usually a bag of books. At it was always a bag of thought provoking material, sometimes pornographic or otherwise shocking. Bhodrain Drummer. In his 90s he was slowing down so he started playing in a Pub Band. Loving Husband. The look in my grandfather's eyes when he looked at my grandmother is the look every wife deserves to get from her spouse. Father. Both my mother and my aunt are reactions to their parents, but they are both forceful, accomplished people in their own right. Revered Grandfather. All five of his grandchildren respect him. I hope we can do his legacy proud. Great-Grandfather. My son called him "Super Gramps" because he had so much energy for a Great-Grandfather. I'm missing a ton of stuff because my thoughts are a jumble, but you get the general picture. I loved him and I'm going to miss him. Tags: family
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Over the summer, Will asked for an iPod Touch. I don't really want him to have an iPod Touch, so I said (thinking I was creating an unreasonably high bar) "If you get straight A's on a report card, you can have one." I had no idea how MOTIVATING that would be. He got his report card. It is not straight A's. However, it is the best report card he has ever gotten. In the Academics section: 8 As (Art, health, oral comm, spelling, written comm, math, music, science) 2 Bs (reading and phys ed) 1 C (social studies (he didn't study for a big test and it bit him in the butt)) 4 Os (outstanding effort) 5 Gs (good effort) 2 Ss (satisfactory effort in social studies and phys ed) In the Work Habits section 5 Gs and 5 Ss. I'm pretty damn proud of my kid's progress. Tags: will
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People don't like having their semantics changed. Radical movements don't just try and change policy, but thought. Sometimes this works really, really well. Sometimes this gets you burned at the stake. However, there are times when the radicals can take you in directions that are not functional for society as a whole (the Communist Movement in Russia is a fine example) but keeping the pendulum from swinging back to the non-functional constructs (the Tsars) is tricky. Obama is not radical enough against the Conservative movement in this country. He's a moderate politician. Moderation is ineffective against counter-revolutionaries. Hopefully, once he's secured a second term he'll get more radical and push against the semanticists who support the thought-form that the social programs in this country is what is killing the economy. The Conservative Agenda is really honking my cheese. Tags: politics
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What Will did today 8:30am Basketball Team Placement 10:00am Piano Recital where he played a piece he wrote himself 11:00am The Homemade Fudge Project : Chocolate, Vanilla, Maple, Marshmallow Swirl. Different recipes with varying results. All yummy. 12:pm : Lunch of a ham wrap with pickles and cheese 1:00pm: The Fellowship of the Ring with Lee while I napped 5:30pm: Walked as a family to Ruby Tuesdays 7:30pm: The Trouble with Tribbles 8:30pm: Working on the graphics and animation for a computer game he's writing This is what is known as a Good Day Tags: will
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