Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Someday, it will be Aidan's turn
You may wonder what possessed my father to post this. Well, as I see it, there are two complementary impulses driving it.

The first impulse is the one that also drove this kind of behavior:
SCENE: Dad driving Macon back home from school/soccer practice/friend's house.
Macon: (with teen angst) "Oh no, Dad, don't!"
Paul: (rolling down window) "Hi, I'm Macon's dad!" "Hey there, I'm Macon's dad!" "Macon Stokes' Dad, right here!"
Macon: "Auuuugggh! Dad! Stop it!"
(To be fair, there never really was anyone around when he did it. This only slightly mitigated the torture.)

The second impulse, I suspect, is that this is really a plea to us all to start posting more, and not leave the sole posting responsibilities to him. Clearly, he's running out of content. So let's all heed the call and start posting more! (Although, from a psychological standpoint, perhaps rewarding this kind of behavior isn't the best idea?)

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