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Father Figures

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About Me

I just remembered why I hated being the Pope: myspace is so quirky... and when you're trying to answer 200 friend requests a day you can't afford little glitches and interruptions in service. It could take up to 4 hours to answer mail and friend requests because of all the error messages, and I'm a very lazy person. Whew, much easier now. So, for anyone still whining about the Pope--it was just too much work. Sorry. MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

Favorite quotes:
"The wages of sin are death... but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling." ~Paula Poundstone
"If you want a place in the sun you must leave the shade of the family tree." ~OSAGE saying
"Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards." ~R.A. Dickson
"Try a thing you haven't done 3 times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not." ~Virgil Thomson
"80% of success is showing up." ~Woody Allen
"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" ~Dr. Robert Schuller
"The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults." ~Peter DeVries
"The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work." ~Richard Bach
"I've been on a calendar but I've never been on time." ~Marilyn Monroe
"When I was born I was so surprized I didn't talk for a year and a half." ~Gracie Allen
"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." ~Jules Renard
"Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'll be halfway there." ~David Zucher
"Success is merely a matter of luck. Ask any failure." ~Earl Wilson
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." ~Thomas Edison

I'd like to meet:

Trust only your online Dad,
Here's how it works: I know too much stuff. You got relationship problems? Can't stand your job? Wanna know the meaning of life? You came to the right place.

Music:

I love Mantovanni, Yanni, anything by the New Christy Minstrels or the Beatles.

Movies:

~*Mal*~ incorrectly defined "random" for moi. What I was looking for was the colloquial or common usage, not the Merriam-Webster definition (I prefer Random House dictionaries or the American Heritage Dictionary for straightforward definitions.)
To find a slang or common word dictionary where you get to submit your own defiinitions, use "urbandictionary.com" By their examples, I would conjecture that the description "random" is so aggregiously overused that it is nearly interchangeable with "cool." Whoever is still using it should stop or suffer the consequences of appearing mundane.

Books:

Just because Ashley asked very nicely, I'm including a Pope shot. I trust this will be some consolation to the rest of the whiners. Also, two bonus photos in the photo section.

Heroes:

Send me your photos for my wallet!

My Blog

12+13+14=GREAT!

If you are 12, 13, or 14, and some older jerk says, "hey kid--you're just a kid" they're wrong. Coming Of Age rituals welcome 12 year olds as new adults in almost every society, and for the last ...
Posted by Father Figures on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:54:00 PST

FAQ for Parents: How to raise a kid

Hi to all you Parents out there. Things are tough, I know. I used to be a parent and now I am again. They start out so cute and loveable and they turn into little bitches with smart-ass remarks and do...
Posted by Father Figures on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:17:00 PST

FAQ: How to be a kid

The rules seem to change from generation to generation. This decade moves faster than the previous century. This century faster than the previous millenium. Parents can't keep up with how things chang...
Posted by Father Figures on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:43:00 PST