"White Out" ***UPDATE** "PHASE 2 A Go"

The Phase two mentioned below that would dump even more snow is going to happen. Its up to 9.5 inches in my lovely little town.

Movies watched: Spartan, The Perfect Score
Beers Drank: One rolling rock


I also slept almost till noon, for the first time in ages.

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I have estimated roughly 5 inches at least at we are getting burried right now. Just out shoveling and its piling up like crazy. I cleaned my car off, and turned my back for a few mins. any it was covered again. Less then a half an hour later its as if I never touched it. There might be a break in the snow for some time this afternoon. But then more tonight when the system taps into more energy over the ocean.

Hows everyone else fairing? I hear its turned to sleet and rain near the shore. Whats it like out in PA Royce? Drew and I were talking about the timing of the storm. Doesn't look like its going to benefit getting anyones classes cancelled. I don't know who might get a 3 day weekend here, other than maybe the Beanz.

What could make this storm kick ass, is depending on if this other part happens or not. If you look at the radar map there isn't much left of the system. So without second surge it would wind down this evening. Though that isnt likely to happen. The baramoter is dropping which likely means its shifty energy to the coast. It could bring in some warmer air in the process, however if it might only bring it as far west as Vineland. Which would mean more snow all night long with the "2nd surge".

Yes, I am a total nerd.

Right now you can barely see down my street just total white out.

"Best Royce Story Ever"

Well in my first of maybe a few (maybe none) posts to give snowed in readers something to do. I want to have everyone tell their best Royce story. Royce is one of the funnist guys I know and I don't think anyone looks at the world the way he does. THere are some classics out there. I am still laughing about the M and M think you posted on here a few weeks ago Royce. And Yes ROyce, you can tell your best Royce story ever too if you want.

"Monster Storm"

Well the first big snow storm is just 8 hours away from hitting us. They have been hyping this one since the start of the week. It is going to be really nasty out there with the strong winds that will come in the later part of the storm.

For camden county im going to say 10 inches from what I have gathered from what everyone is saying. Supposedly the storm may tap into warmer air and we could get some rain and sleet that would shrink the totals. If we dont get the change over we could have as much as 14 inches, but I figure it to bottom out at 10 inches. Also its a fast moving storm so I think even if we dont get the change over it will end sooner than they think.

North Jersey (look out Brant) will really get nailed and they are saying at LEAST 15 inches. For any of my readers who live closer to the shore, they will get less snow.

Of course I can't even imagine rain tomorrow. I just got back from Liza's house and on the way home it was literally 7 degrees.

So, hope you got your beer, shovel and DVDS ready to go. Going to be fun to watch. Dorks like me that like to read this kind of stuff have had a blast reading the stuff this week.

I am sorry for the lack of posts this week. I have just havent been home much. I plan to post some stuff to entertain my readers who will likely be shut in this weekend.

"Gay Bombs"

Well as if you didn't have enough to worry about regarding terrorists, now you have to worry about becoming Gay at the hand of Osama, that is if we don't make the Iraqis homosexuals first.

Here is an article about the US kicking around the idea of using a chemical weapon that would make everyone gay.

Now we aren't the only one that wants the enemy to become just a bunch of dudes getting it on with one another. Just check this out, Osama wants to make you and everyone you care about gay.

Now, Drew had an interesting theory that the town of Collingswood may have been the vicitm of hush-hush government experiment. Hmm.. Maybe McGreedy just got too close to the the truth and they made him gay.


As a service to my readers I have decided to start a Gay Color Warning Chart.

Code Red= Every Thing is Fine the gays are gays, the straights are striaghts.
code Blue= Everyone is a "little" gay. There just shades of gay, accept it. Not that there is anything wrong with that
code orange= Hey, just because guys snuggle together and hold hands doesnt make them Gay!
Thats acceptable.
Code yellow: Just a bunch of guys "expermenting" perfectly natural.
Code Pink: The whole world has become gay. Nothing but Gay Orgies untill the robots rise up and wipe us off this planet. No turning back nothing will get done just a bunch of dudes humping all day long. Well I guess the women inherit the planet.

Before I get slammed for being homophobe, just relax its a joke.

"Old Man Winter Comes to Town"

Finally.

If I have to inform you on this blog that we are in a "deep freeze" then you likely, well never leave your home.

If you don't the next few days I couldn't blame you. Check this out highs below freezing. Yeah old man winter is here.

We might even get a potentially big snow storm this Saturday into Sunday. Could be a fun game to watch and could be deemed "The Snow Bowl", but its too early to tell.

check it out kids

"Last Stop Superbowl"

Well the Eagles ripped the Vikings, apart. Now they have to face Atlanta which I feel that if they dressed up the Soul, they could beat them. So, I am not too worried about next week. Should be over before the first quarter is done. Does anyone know where we can get some good but rather cheap cigars for the end of the Philly Curse early next month? Philly is going to knock out New England (who will rub out Pittsburgh next week). So, in a few weeks, McNabb will be saying that he is going to Disney Land. Get the t-shirts made up there is no stopping this team.

Tuckers World: The Movie Casting Call

So for no good reason I decided to cast the movie of Tucker's World if they ever made one. Now keep in mind some of the actors don't really look exactly like the parts they are playing,but I just think these actors can nail the parts.

Me= Ben Stiller, since everyone says I look like him. People even say I act like him whatever that means. My backup would be John Cusuack.


Liza= I had Chirstina Ricci or Clarie Danes for her. This had nothing to do with the huge crush I had on Ricci for like two years. However, Liza pointed out the actress Holly Marie Combs who plays Piper on Charmed would be really good at playing her. I watched about 5 minutes of the show and agreed. Something about the way she carries herself. She would make a good Liza.


Drew= Phillip Seymor Hoffman, can't you just picture him sitting there smoking a cigarette bitching about Bush, or talking about movies. I can see him with a shaved head, a beard and a flannel shirt and just disappearing into the roll of Drew.

Jay= Steve Zahn who was in Saving Silverman, and That Thing You Do. Zahn can play Jay well of course there will be lots of scenes with Jay talking about young girls, and showing people pictures of his penis. I think Zahn can handle the role of Jay, and if there is any serious scenes Zahn has proven that he can tone it down in movies like Shattered Glass.

Jenna= Well I was really racking my brain for this one. Then I flipped past a rerun of Cheers. Now I think Kristy Alley would make a perfect Jenna. The only thing is she is getting up there now and all the tabloids say she is really fat now. I really don't see why the are making such a big deal about it since I have seen much fatter. Anyway, as far as personality Alley's Cheers performance was a close as I could come. Any re-casting from my readers would be welcome.

Dan: Sean Connery. Okay, I realize that its totally insane to have Ben Stiller and Sean Connery playing friends who grew up together. Just picture Connery saying lines like "I have 5 Computers, at home, I make 6 figures, and I can't wait to die!". No one else can play this part. IT would be really off the wall, but it will be great.

Price: I think Jaquin Phoenix can nail Price. There is a vauge look that the both share and I think Phoenix might have some comic talents he hasn't really used yet. Maybe a bit like the part he played in Signs. Plus he could pull off being a solider if there were scenes of him at war. My close 2nd went to Matt Damon since he played soilder twice. Some of his parts remined me of Price a bit. Plus Price was always the lady's man of the crew so why not?

Aileen (I am sure I spelled that wrong).
She would be played by Natlie Portman. She can play her being all funny and sweet.


Brant: Okay, I know he looks nothing like Brant. But, I would cast Bernie Mac as Brant. Okay, yes again theres any age gap. However, just picture him trading stocks, hanging out with North JErsey people and grilling stuff through out the movie. Plus they both tell stories in the same fashion only no offense to Brant, Bernic Mac is a lot funnier.

Rick: Steve Buscemi I dunno we always said he could play Rick. Busemi has played the good guy in movies like Ghost World.

Rob: Jason Biggs, yeah why not. Biggs could play drunk Rob great. Not to mention him and Zahn have worked together before so they could play off each other well.

Rich: Tom Welling, I may have the name wrong, but the dude who plays Superman on Smallville.

Kate: Parker Posey

Chris: BD Wong

Harry: Hill Harper who stars on CSI NYC, and he also was on the short lived show The Handler (sniff, sniff). If you never watched either of those shows he played a doctor on the Sopranos last season in the episode where everyone thought Tony got a blow job from Christopher's girlfriend.

Tom: Conan O'brien. Tom is tall. His hair is reddish. He would show up randomly in the film and it would be great.

Ryan: Who?

Reagan: Satan. I think the prince of darkness could really capture the true colors of this character. Oh, I am not talking about the late President here.

Mosco: Billy Crystal. Okay Billy Crystal 10 years ago. He is always talking about dating and relationships. Reminds me of him in the younger roles. IF not maybe a slimed down Kevin James (King of QUeens) his hair dyed black.

Duke: Well it has recently came to my attention that the lead singer of Moron 5 looks like Duke. He kind of does with short hair. Maybe he would like to act. I kicked around the thought of casting Hayden Christensen after seeing Shattered Glass. Duke is prone to fits of rage and maybe he can do that justice. Granted this guy is a fairly lousy actor at least he was Attack of the Clones. That stupid fake cry he did after he murdered the little sand guys. "I Killed them, I kille d them all". NOw just picture him sitting on the floor same voice, but saying It is the lowest point of his life.

Royce: God, help me. I can't cast this one at all. Can someone help here

Ghost of William Penn Who only Keith Can See: Adam West of course.

That Dude that I don't know who reads my blog: Joe Don Baker, so everyone on the set can yell MITCHELL! in between takes. I imagine only 3 people got that joke. Maybe two.

"Eagles Chances"

Well we can't talk pucks. I sense that the excitment for the Eagles might be fairly low among my readership since rarely. Do people respond to the few times I write about them.

Well I am no football expert, but I did predict the Birds to win the Superbowl a month or so ago. That was before T.O. went down though. Despite his lose I don't see them going down to the Vikings this Sunday.

It's still early in the week, but just curious what everyone thinks will happen this Sunday? I mean it is the playoffs, and time to enjoy the ride.

I predict a two touchdown win. What about everyone else?

"Type it Don't Gripe It"

So, we have all been screwed before.

Screwed by something we bought that was broken or food that was bad. Or something that breaks after a few days or those things that look cool in the store that simply dont work.

Well, right before Christmas and right around Turkey Day, Liza and I exchange gifts in honor of when we started dating. Well I got her a box of Whitman Samplers because she loves candy, and I figured if I was lucky I could eat some too.

So, I gave them to her when we exchanged gifts. A few days later she finally opened it when I was hanging out with a friend and she was staying in. She called me to tell me she opened it and they were covered in all that white nasty stuff that chocolate gets when its old.

Now picture this my picture this my sweet girlfriend settling in for the night. Being all happy and cozy in her home. Ready to watch some animal planet and she wants to treat herself to a Whitman Sampler. Only to find that they were likely packaged during the Clinton admistration.

So, now I had to take it back to get my money back. Which ment the next time I saw her I would have to bring it home, then the next day bring it back to the mall, and then she couldn't get it till we saw each other again. So, the present was several days late till it was actually enjoyed.

I was pretty mad,so I got the address of the box and wrote them a letter. I told them how my family always eats them during the holiday season, and my one aunt always gives us a box. I talked about how let down I was that the choclate was bad. In the meantime I got my money back from the Hallmark store in the mall, and got a new box at the CVS in the mall.

So, just after Christmas I got a free box of whitman sampler in the mail. Today I got a letter telling me why they thought the candy went bad and thanked me for bringing it to their attention. They also offered me free shipping for and order of 30 bucks or more good for a year.

Now I don't claim to be the first person to point this out, but it really does work. Everyone rants or bitches to someone, or blogs, or emails a friend about when they get screwed. God knows I was ranting when I got the news that I gave my girlfriend nasty ass candy. So you are going to bitch, just be honest in your letter and they will hook you up.

So, its simple just get your thougts out in microsoft word, and drop a letter in the mail. You are almost certain to get something for free, and feel better about yourself. So, you can sit there and bitch and tell Drew or someone who will just be like that sucks, or you can write a letter and get free stuff. So, you are going to be pissed might as well get something out of it.

Anyone else do this? Give me some good stories. I know Royce has some good ones related to this.

"The Comcast Tower"

Well if you didn't hear by now center city Philly is getting a new skyscrapper. In fact it will not only be the biggest building in the city it will be behind only the Crysler building and the empire states building in NYC for biggest buildings onf the east coast.

Check it out here.

"Top 5 Robert De Niro Flicks"

Well trust me. Just trust me. I had some really witty and important stuff to write about. HOwever, its 11 pm and my eyes are all heavy. As any blog writer will tell you there is a difference between having the blog in your head and actually writing it.

Well tonight I watched Mean Streets for the first time and it was pretty cool. Some slow parts kind of Diner meets Good Fellas.

So why not rank De Niro flicks, and don't be lame and say I LIKE THEM ALL!

Also, where is Lima Beanz?


Here is my list. Keep in mind I never saw The Godfather Part II, which pretty much means all my movie nerd friends should hit me in the balls. Heres my list.

1. Goodfellas 2. Casino 3. A Bronx Tale 4. Raging BUll 5. Mean Streets. Also he hasn't made a good movie (aside from Meet the Parents) since 1997's Wag the Dog. I never saw Brazil and only saw the first part of the Deer Hunter (I asume every thing worked out ). List them.

"In Search of Old Man Winter"

Note to Old Man Winter: YOUR LATE!


Now most of you might be just really enjoying this weather we have been having. Well if it was not raining every single day you might be. It has felt more like spring than the middle of winter with highs in the 50s and even breaking 60 for the past week.

However, I am in the minority who actually likes cold weather and snow, and so far this winter has been fairly lame in both departments. Our Deep Freeze was merely 72 hours at best of actual cold weather, and despite a few cold nights the days have been hitting highs that are way above the norm.

Now next week it's going to be mostly in the 50's and 60's yet again, so wipe that week off for a shot of snow. The winter is slipping away already and we haven't had to brush more than a dusting of snow off.

Now as most of you know that I mainly trust FOX Philly's Rob Guarinos weather call. For the most part he was dead on in December. Rob seems to think it will be till the 16-18th before we see any cold weather, and there is shot of a storm around then.

Now, some of you would be like why dont you like it being 60 degrees in January? Well nothing is open that is warm weather related anyway. Its not as if I can go sit on the beach or anything. It gets dark early, and was Jason Lee once said the sweet is never as sweet with out the sour. So, really what is the reward in spring if it never got cold to begin with?

Maybe Old Man Winter is locking us snow lovers out this year, or maybe its because my dad bought a kick ass snow blower. All I know it is there is no winter weather and its kind of lame. Just gray skies and rain. How very lame.

"Be Back Soon"

Sorry, no for the lack of blogging. Be back soon with a flurry of blogs. I promise.
Feel free to personally attack one another or try to see how many kinds of fish you can name in the comments untill I blog again.

2004

Tucker's World Person of the Year: Duke

The Tucker's World Person of the Year for 2004 is Duke.

Aside from Price who got married this year and finnished his tour of the duty with the marines the rest of the competition was drawfted by this year's winner.

Duke's 2004 story had more life changing events then most people have in several years. He moved, got a new job, got a new car, broke up and suffered a huge loss with the passing of his father.

A huge fight exploded between Duke and some of his friends over comments made about his girlfriend. Now some really nasty things were said and more petty person would be able to still hold on to this grudge. Despite everything else Duke put it behind him.

The breakup itself was a bit of a shock, and I imagine it sucked. It came right when he got a new job, and apartment. The job he has now pays much better than his last and has limitless growth potential. I never really had a problem with his girlfriend, but I guess sometimes it just isn't ment to be.

Now as goofy as it is for me to name a person of the year on a blog no one reads, I never really imagined that I would have to touch on serious subject matter when naming the person of the year. However, it can't go without mentioning the Duke losing his father. I knew the man since I was a kid and it was quite a shock to everyone. The two of them were really close, so one can imagine the impact.

Duke has remained strong and has been there for his mother. Around the same time his car broke for good, he moved and he got a new job.

So being the fact that his was a big part of the crew war that raged last spring which would persumably be the biggest event that would affect the state of the crew.

Despite it all, Duke still went out and had fun in 2004. He is quite a lot going for him still and even got offical possesion of Mr. Boots one of the coolest cats you will ever met. He is almost done school and should finnish in 2005, and the year could lay down the ground work for the 1st repeat of this honor.

Drinks up in the air, congrats Duke.

Later this week:

Crazy stuff, and I will cast actors to play my friends if there was a movie about us.

"Bye-bye 2004!"

Well Happy New Year everyone!

Sorry I was um, not blogging for awhile. You know how it is.

Since everyone is doing the look back in 2004 here is a quick run down.

Movies: Fahrenheit 9/11 and The Passion of the Christ made lots of people pissed about movies.

Spiderman 2 and the incredible made truck loads of money.

Ben Affleck's career officially died.

Books:

Jon Stewart's Mock history book and the 9/11 commission report became unlikely best sellers.

Big Stories

President Bush won four more years, and plans to spend flex his muscles now that he has a lot more people on his side. Tons of people are going to move to Canada now because of the out come of the election which is great news, because there will be less people applying for the same jobs!

Anyway, the election was a fun and heated ride. Blue State, Red State, Swift Boats, Flip-Floopers, fake CBS documents, Michael Moore, "Moral Values (can someone explain to me how all those reality shows about marrying strangers are so high rated if Americans cherish marriage so much?), MIA WMD's, windsurfing, mispronouncing words, and those crazy debates.

4 Hurricanes with in a few weeks slam Florida.

Sports

Smarty almost won the triple crown, T.O. came to town, Veteran's Stadium fell, The PHillies sucked, The Flyers were oh so close and then the NHL died. The Sixers, ah who cares?

Famous People who died:



Marlon Brando
Ronald Reagan
Christopher Reeve
Rodney Dangerfield
Reggie White


IN

Bush Bashing
Blogs
ABC
I-Pods
Lost and Desperate Housewives (and I'm sure other shows I never watch).
Lasers
Cicadas
facial hair on crew members
Low Carbs
Being Gay
PA Slots

Out
carbs
Sex and the City, Frasier and Friends
hockey
Dan Rather
NBC
The Tempo

Annoying Stuff:

Ashlee Simpson: She's just awful everything about her.

The Village: I want my money back, this movie was so goofy and stupid.

Paris Hilton: Shes ugly, talentless and annoying.

The Cell Phone Ban: Only because I feel like I am the only idiot actually using my "hands free mode".

Modest Mouse: I bought the CD, they are okay, I guess.

Scott Peterson: Can someone please tell me one reason why I should care about this case? Its awful and all, but I am sure that stuff happens to other people. You would have thought this guy was the President's son or something. Am I the only person who could give a damn?

Delaware River Oil Spill:
Don't we have radar equipment that can pick up giant pieces of jagged metal in rivers yet? We can send robots to Mars, but we can't can figure out if there is stuff in our rivers that can rip open holes in boats.

Comcast's Bitching:

They really want a giant sky rise in Center City Philly. Well there are close two 200 vacant office floors in Center City right now, because companys are bailing because of the high taxes. So, why do they feel PHilly needs another skyrise? Oh, and they want lots of tax breaks on the building, and plan to raise cable rates.


The NHL lockout:

note from the FCC, the notes regarding those involved in the hockey lockout have been deemed. "indecent" they writer is bound and gagged in and undisclosed location.

"New Year's Resolutions"

Anyone got any?


I would make some myself, but I doubt anyone would care or notice if I kept them.

"Reggie White, dead at 43"

Well since none of my circle of blog brothers have mentioned it I guess I will.

Now I have never been an EAGLES hardcore fan. I just keep up on them, and my interest was at an all time high when Reggie White played for them. I always thought he was a cool athlete and was a class guy.

He was fun to watch and as I am sure everyone else is, am shocked that he is gone. Does anyone have an cool stories about Reggie? Or has heard confirmation on his cause of death? As of press time (11 20pm monday) it still isn't known. Although ACTION NEWS tells me they will tell me, but since its not likely to start till midnight I doubt I will hear it.

Sucks about Reggie. Seems Billy Joel was right, only the good die young.

"The Bachelor Pad"

Well since most of my readers have internet (internet,eh?) access at work I am going to recommend a good site to check out.

The site is archives of the Courier-Post column writer Matt Katz. Its basically a sex and the city for South Jersey and Philly from a guys prospective.

The articles are funny as hell, and I highly encourage you to read "This Singles Event Was Awful, Really Really Awful", "A Cat Toy Ploy: A Second Date Cautionary Tale","Comcast on Demand Dating; pick up a remote find a date" and "Interpid Scientists Begin Getting Girls Numbers"(which has a sequel the following week.)

The articles are usually filled with Philly bar references and South Jersey towns. Now the column has gone national and perhaps that would be the case from now but its still cool. Anyway the guy is really funny and I usually crack up reading this column which actually appears every Tuesday in the Living section of the Courier-Post.

So check it out its filled with lots of self deprecating crew humor.

christmas day...

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL !

I will see quite a few of you on Christmas, but for those of you that I don't see I would like to take the time to wish you a Merry Christmas.

I hope that my readers all have a nice Christmas and their time with their friends and family. Enjoy opening your presents and giving them to show how much people mean to you.

Christmas only comes once a year and than its over in a flash. So enjoy it today, and I hope everyone is safe and has enjoyable day.

If you want use this entry to post about what you got, or what you did that would be cool.

Just don't forget to take a minute or two today to actually reflect on the true meaning of Christmas at some point today. It's easy to lose sight of why the holiday actually exists in the first place with all the rushing around and all.

Again Merry Christmas and thanks for reading.

"The Gift"

The following is a short story I wrote awhile back. Here is it again, since it has become an annual Tucker's World tradition to post this on Christmas.


Some time around the first week of the year. I took a second look at one of our traditional Christmas decorations; it was a complete and total eyesore. It was a gift some old lady gave my mother 10 years ago for Christmas and I guess she felt obligated to put it on the tree each year. It was a gaudy looking knitted cat. It was one the most hideous things I have ever laid eyes on. They say its thought that counts well it’s the thought that angers me when I see it every year.

That same Christmas like every year an epidemic spread through the grade school. This year it was in the form of Sega, the newest video game system. Over greasy square pizza, pale yellow peas, and flavorless mashed potatoes shaped like an ice cream scoop, I would hear all the kids discuss the latest video games. I would try my best to stay absent from the conversation. I wouldn’t know what to say when they would ask me if I had gotten past the castle board yet.


One day went I went home I sat my father down and tried to tell him how I would benefit from having a Sega game system of my very own. I told him it would give me better hand eye coordination and against the popular notion it made kids zombies, I told him it acutally made them think and make quick decisions. He went on and on about how when he was a kid he would just use his imagination to have fun, and how kids today are spoiled. I think that conversation is had all over America in every family at one point and time. I used to think that my parents and all the other parents would go to secret meetings at night or when all their kids were in school and discuss stuff like this. I pictured a man with a gavel leading the meeting and hammering home the idea of telling children why they are spoiled and to shove vegetables down their throats. One time I actually searched my mother’s purse for a pamphlet when they got home late the night before.

That Christmas I was hoping for a miracle. I rushed down the steps that morning and studied each mystery. I did the shake test, the weight test and the hold them up to the sunlight test. As I tore, open each one my chances of getting the coveted Sega was getting slimmer and slimmer. All kinds of flashes were going off from my mother’s camera capturing images of me, and my reactions to each present.


Later that day my family and I went to my aunt and uncle’s for dinner. I was in a miserable mood the whole time. The only bright spot was that my cousin Robby who was about my age was there. And guess what he got for Christmas? Of course the very same Sega system. He told me he got it weeks before Christmas even came. Robby and I were always highly competitive. So while the sweet smell of the pending ham dinner dissipated through the air we settled down in front of the television. With all those weeks of practice, he had on me he humiliated me. I think he set a record for goals scored in a hockey game, shot my plane down about a dozen times, and beat me all over the wrestling ring. I went home feeling worse than I did when I realized I wasn’t getting the Sega.


On the ride home my father tried to reach out to me. But I just pushed him away. The image of my wrestler I was controlling laying on the floor after about 30 seconds was burning in my mind. I sat in fit of rage in the back seat as my parents were in the front. My father turned the radio down. He told me that maybe one day I would get one. But I didn’t hear it. I wanted to tell him how Robby’s parents weren’t any richer than we, that I was the only kid that didn’t have a Sega. But all that came out at the top of my tiny lungs was I HATE YOU! And instead of saying anything after that. I just repeated I HATE YOU! Because he was driving of course he had his back to me. But we passed a street light that light up the rear view window and I glimpse of his face. Suddenly I didn’t want to yell anymore. I did not apologize either, in fact no one said anything. The car just hummed along the rest of the ride.

About two months later I got a Sega for my birthday. It funny the minute I unwrapped the gift and realized what it was, I almost had to fake excitement. Sure I spend many a night in the glow of my television going to far off lands and winning championships, but I could never take those words back. At least in a video game you are blessed with more than one life. At the time I meant the words that came out of my mouth. I hated my father as much as I hate that stupid knit cat now. One time after coming home from a fishing trip with my father after many years of those words keeping me up at night, it figured it was time to apologize. However my mouth froze, I never did. I like to think that my father knew what I was thinking. Like I said they say it’s the thought that counts.

I put the rest of the ornaments in a box, and I carried them basement. I placed them in a closet we hardly used. It was full of dust and mildew. I rested the box right on top of the Sega.