Do me a favor. Go put City Lights or The Kid or The Gold Rush or Modern Times on your Neflix queue. Go order The Great Dictator or The Circus or Limelight from Amazon. To watch these Charlie Chaplin films is to watch, without argument, one of the greatest actors of early cinema. Chaplin’s “Tramp”…
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The Hero
Nine months ago, I was a frantic, worried father, hoping my daughter Cassaundra would come out of what would have been the worst decision of her life. She pulled through, thank God and all the prayers and white light and well-wishes. Nine months later, I’m worried about her again. But this time, for different reasons. …
Read More“I Hate Hanson” or “I ♥ Hanson”?
I gotta share this story with you. And I hope my daughter Cassaundra takes it in the spirit of good humor and jest. As parents, we hope that our children will acquire and appreciate our historic tastes and likes. With Cassaundra, I discovered that the girl really, really likes music from my record collection. In…
Read MoreDelta Airlines, Found Money, Getty Images and Cassaundra
I’ve had a love-hate relationship with air travel – love flying United, hate flying Southwest. It’s that simple. And although I really haven’t flown Delta in a long time, they actually did something this week that made me very happy – and, in turn, helped make my daughter happy as well. Flashback. Around this time…
Read MoreYou do what you must, no matter what the cost
I had a fantastic time last night at the All Over Albany birthday party at the downtown City Beer Hall bar/restaurant. If you’ve never visited the AOA website, do it now. It’s a great resource for Capital District events and goings-on and 518 culture, and Greg Dahlmann and Mary Darcy do a tremendous amount of…
Read MoreHey, look at who’s doing this blogging thing now!
As you regular readers know by now, I have a daughter named Cassaundra who lives in Seattle. She’s a good kid, she’s gone through some tough times but has never given up. She’s still in college, and she’s still a member of the National Guard. She’s even saving up money to buy a new car…
Read MoreSpam Stroganoff
When you’re a single parent – as I was from approximately 1988 to 1994 – you learn to experiment with food and meals to keep your kids happy. Don’t get me wrong – I fed my daughter Cassaundra and her sister Sonya very well during those years, they weren’t just “getting by” on junk food…
Read MoreOne week later… thanks, everyone.
I think it’s appropriate for me to take this moment and thank all of you – my blog readers and my fellow bloggers – for all the kind words and support you’ve provided in what has undoubtedly been one of the toughest and most devastating moments a father can ever imagine. As you know, my…
Read MoreI need every prayer anyone can spare
It’s Monday night. I’m playing team trivia at Brown’s Brewing, and doing quite well. My teammates Jeremy and Alexis are running late. As I bring up one of the slips to trivia host Steven Murray, Wayne from the Blue Mooned trivia team asks me how my daughter Cassaundra is doing. In other words, he reads…
Read MoreBetrayal
Last night, I wished for all the world that I could reach my arms 3,000 miles to the West Coast and give my daughter Cassaundra the biggest reassuring hug in the world. Because nobody deserves to be betrayed in the manner that she was. Background. Last night I received word that something wasn’t right with…
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