Family ties

I love my Dad. He is just the best. He was always home when the streetlights came on, he always paid for dinner, hell, he was even my cinderella league softball coach. He is the perfect combination of jock, weirdo, and asshole, oops sorry, the perfect asshole. The point is, the reason I am so difficult boys, is because I don't have a single daddy issue. That being said, the man is a total fame whore. After reading my advice post, in which he is featured, he has been emailing me all week with more nuggets of wisdom to add.

He also wants me to do a post about local Rochester politics. The man just wants more people to know how great he is. So here's to you Dad. It's the least I could do...

1. Stay out of the kill zone. When my Dad was drafted into the Vietnam war he asked 1st Sgt. Coy Wright what the secret was to getting out alive. The Sgt. said, stay out of the kill zone, so basically hide in the back until the bullets stop flying. This totally applies to real life too. Always stay away from the chaos. Being a wuss never killed anyone. (Another good way to survive a war is to play basketball with the guy who issues assignments, I mean it's not like good point guards come along that often)

2. Get your money up front. When my Dad first started off as a lawyer he was too nice and ended up getting paid in velvet paintings of ballerinas. Nothing's really changed, but at least now we know that we should get money up front.

3. Buy low, sell high. We don't even have money in the stock market anymore because we lost it all, but apparently this is what you should do, ideally.

4. Voting doesn't matter. This isn't really advice, it's just a truism, but Dad sent it to me anyway. Odd since he is more into politics than the Kennedy's themselves. Regardless, if it's too cold on the first Tuesday of November, just stay home, it's not like it matters.

5. This one is mine. Don't march is parades for local politicians. We used to have to do that shit all the time growing up, and you know what marching got us? Nothing. Jack Doyle, I'll always remember your name.

Love you Dad.