I'm a Dad. Brian is a Dad (with an additional newborn as well). Gerry is a Dad. Andy is a Dad. Scott mentions pillow fights with his kids here (ummmmm, the pictures don't show enough carnage). There are lots of Dads out there that I know and can't mention individually. My Dad is dead, but I still celebrate him (and remember him regularly like I do here). Happy Father's Day to all of you.
I'll share my Father's Day story with you. It is customary in our family to buy Dad a gift. So my daughter is 15 and doesn't work. She'd like a job and is looking (good girl), but hasn't found anything yet. So she gets more money from the old man than she probably should. Every year, I joke about what she should get for me. This year, I decided that there were books that I needed and that Father's Day presented the perfect excuse to spend the cabbage on them.
So "The Liz" and I are in the car (she is driving, of course) sometime last week. We are out running some errand and she brings up Father's Day. I asked if she had any ideas on what she should buy for me.
She said she had been "Thinking about it", which means "I'll get you something Sunday morning".
I mentioned that I need to purchase some books (online and cheaply) and offered that that might make a good Father's Day gift.
She agreed, so I said something to the effect, "So I can consider the books from you?"
She replied, "If you really need the books, yeah, they are from me."
She knows how much I need my books, so she glanced at me and smiled, "I am such a cool daughter to buy you books for Father's Day." Kids.
Enjoy your day gentlemen.