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I know that you probably don't care...but this makes ME feel better. So here are memories of my Dad, in no particular order:

-watching "A Christmas Story"
-Moby Dick
-lighting the luminaries
-going Trick-or-Treating
-planting the Magnolia tree in the front yard
when I was ten
-"Cycle Ride Across Pennsylvania" or
"C.R.A.P" for short
-calling him "Geezer"
-calling him "Old Fart"
-doing archaeology with him in Florida and
the fire ant fiasco
-"plucking" Donald Duck's feathers
-his hand puppet
-velcro shoes
-meeting him in the choir room after church
-Piccadilly Cafeteria
-carving the turkey or ham with the electric
knife
-he loved Day Lillies
-Zepher station wagon
-the Hoover Dam
-"Crispy Critters"
-"Wallstreet Week"
-Mr. Machine
-eating doughnuts and pizza with a fork
-"Pizza Bones"
-his "white Bible"
-Frankie Carle
-"That Monet crap"
-Ci-Ci's Pizza
-Strawberry-Kiwi Diet Rite
-vegatable plates
-sourdough bread
-the "fly-in-the-milk" story
-calling mom "Bride"
-his mouse tie tack

-riding roller coasters together
-calling the salad bar "the trough"
-Holst's "The Planets"
-"fleshy" people
-"Flash"
-"Our Ther"
-going to art exhibits at the High Museum
-Frank Lloyd Wright and visiting Fallingwater
-Our Family trip to California
-seeing Harry Connick Jr. together...in the rain
-going to hockey games together
-shaving with a brush and soap
-helping me move again, and again, and again...
-his Univ. of Cincinnati ring
-carving the jack-o-lantern together
-putting the lights and garland on the Christmas
tree
-loving and being proud of me
-BEING MY DAD!