Dad

Posted By on July 2, 2012 at 12:01 pm

Fifteen years ago today was the worst day of my life.

I was showering, getting ready to go to work, when my roommate pounded on the bathroom door. Phone call. An emergency.

I knew it, even before I took the phone.

He was gone.

My dad was the best man I’ve ever known, and though he was imperfect like the rest of us, he set an example that is nearly impossible to live up to. Based on the hundreds of people who came to his funeral, maybe I’m right in thinking I was not alone in having held him in high regard.

If by some miracle he had not passed at age 61, I think it unlikely he’d still be with us now, aged 76. I can’t see it; he had too many health problems.

To this day, the greatest compliment I ever get is when someone says I remind them of my dad.

I still miss him every day.


James Dillon Emerson
1936—1997

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A Week’s Worth of Twitter Updates

Posted By on July 2, 2012 at 10:00 am

  • Those who know me well would think I'd already had my share of medical bad news. Yeah, well, think again. #
  • Someone enlighten me… how is SWATing *not* attempted murder? #TeamWalker #BrettKimberlin #
  • Say, @CatsPolitics , have you got any good #Hovercat links this evening? #
  • RT @ERlC_CARTMAN: When a sad song plays on the radio… I look out the window and pretend I'm in a music video #
  • OK, enough flaking out… time to get the chores done. 1st… hairball cleanup detail. Huzzah. #
  • ICYMI: Thus Spake Russ: Some people never learn. http://t.co/HTIUkcgd #
  • Worst case tomorrow? #SCOTUS upholds. "Limiting principle? Meh" Best case: they throw out #Obamacare AND overturn Wickard v. Filburn. #wish #
  • 7-2, "We're too sexy for these robes." #otherSCOTUSpredictions #
  • #Hero // RT @mkhammer: #hellzyeahdelroy This deserves trending status: http://t.co/43qJfSo5 #
  • I cannot for the life of me figure out how the cat (Kismet, of course) changed my PC display prefs to dual 1440×900 monitors. #
  • Dems on the House floor during this contempt debate sure sound butthurt. #
  • Steny Hoyer just called himself "bipartisan." I do not think that word means what he thinks it means. #
  • Nancy Pelosi talking about… well, it doesn't matter. Anything she says comes across as a lie. #
  • If contempt charges against a sitting Attorney General are unprecedented, it's because we've never had so contemptible an AG before. #tcot #
  • Nancy Pelosi's speech in the AG contempt debate is so passionate, her face almost cracked. #tcot #
  • Pelosi would be crying on the House floor right now, but leather is waterproof. #tcot #
  • Animal Husbandry? // RT @DavidLimbaugh: What does @ToddKincannon think is a good prelaw major? #
  • I really don't know how he does it. Damn cat walked across the keyboard and as a result rotated my screen display 90 degrees. #
  • Dude? RT @JPFreire: Oh. Dude. Totally. RT @JonHenke: DUDE RT @jeffemanuel Dude. RT @moelane: Dude. http://t.co/jhjPIiz2 #
  • How did I not know there was a reboot coming? http://t.co/F4NHPDiG — Oh yeah, I never go to the theater, never see previews. #
  • I'm beginning to think Kismet spends more time on my keyboard than I do. Which means a lot, considering my line of work. #
  • Another month or three and my hair will finally be long enough to donate to http://t.co/NsrINMU9 #
  • Oh coffee, dear coffee, I know it's only been 24 hours, but how I've missed you. #
  • Oh good. Fireworks in the neighborhood. That won't bother the cats, no, not at all (he said, while prying Packet off his leg.) #
  • All this talk of power outages has me thinking maybe I should look into getting a generator. Soon. #
  • Kismet thinks my reading glasses are HIS chew toy and he'll pull them off my face to prove it. He'll be happy and headbutty, then, "yoink." #
  • Oh, Insomnia, it's been so long. And yet, I haven't missed you even a little bit. #
  • I love them so much, I want there to be more of them! // RT @CoolCzech1: #ReasonsToVoteForObama Because I just hate the unemployed. #
  • listening to "REO Speedwagon – Roll With The Changes [HQ] (Live Midnight Special 1978)" ? http://t.co/2mHiPQVR #
  • listening to "Rhett Miller – Come Around (Official Music Video)" ? http://t.co/QGgJX0v6 #
  • listening to "Cry Little Sister – Gerard McMann" ? http://t.co/9YtiXtyx #
  • listening to "The Polyphonic Spree – Light and day …" ? http://t.co/8k7yEnxF #

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