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[proximoception]

This would have been my father's 76th. We never gave him enough presents. It got to the point where we tried to institute a compensatory summer half-birthday called Dad's Day (he dismissed Father's Day as Hallmark commercialism) but he was uncooperative.

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[grashupfer.livejournal.com]

Any idea how close to the cusp of the two Zodiac signs he was born?

[wolodymyr.livejournal.com]

God, that's...what's with the particular flavor of heartstruck frustration some fathers get so good at evoking? How old was he when you tried Dad's Day?

Some dads seem to get into that - not taking presents - which is why Jay's taking a Snuggie for the team has been semi-presently on my mind since it was confessed.