First, cheers to all the dads out there doing the right things, like hanging around after the sex to raise the child, providing support both monetary and emotional, helping mom with the duties around the house, setting a good example and generally being there whenever or wherever needed.
The rest of you, the fathers only in the biological sense, need to spend some serious time today in front of a mirror, vowing to do better going forward. Maybe by this time next year, you’ll deserve to be praised on Father’s Day, and all the other days in between.
That simple step would go a long way toward curing many of society’s ills.
Before beginning my Father’s Day celebration, I want to clean up some loose ends from the past week:
- The next time I hear Penn State zealots chanting “We are Penn State” at a football game, it’s going to be hard not to think about that Penn State professor who got caught allegedly molesting the collie in a state park and being quoted by the police as explaining afterward, “I do it to blow off steam.” What? No “We are Penn State”? There also was no report on his plans for Father’s Day. The professor’s plans, that is.
- Joe Biden’s “God save the queen, man” signoff at a gun control event in Connecticut was curious, even by his strange standards. This statement of British patriotism seems a bit late, maybe 247 years or so. Plus, it’s a king these days due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. But, after all, it’s just Joe being Joe.
- Not long ago, we questioned on this blog why it would take “months” to get I-95 reopened after the fire and bridge collapse. Now, Gov. Shapiro seems to have mustered some of the resolve he previously showed in counting Democratic votes and vows it will reopen within the next two weeks. Wags suggest this massive shortening of the timeframe indicates the job has been taken away from PennDOT.
- Still on the subject of I-95, Biden clone John Fetterman was offered the chance to weigh in on the matter during a Senate hearing the past week. As quoted by the New York Post, Fetterman replied, “Uh no, I – uh, would just, um, really like to, you know — the 95, 95, 95. You know?” I listened to the clip myself and some of what he said was tough to get so I’ll accept the Post transcript (translation?). Eventually, Fetterman made a bit of sense. And he didn’t conclude with “God save the queen, man” so that was a positive.
- Your former first-place Pittsburgh Pirates, who have gone 2-8 over their past 10 games, slipping to third place in the mediocre NL Central, might want to recall the words of former baseball great Satchel Paige: “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.”
- The word of the day is screenshot. This is a way for viewers to capture for posterity computer screens displaying things such as social media rants both threatening and disparaging that the poster later tries to erase from the record by deleting them, likely on the good advice of others. An additional two words: Too late.
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