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      September 19th, 2006 by mike d. in Quickthoughts

      ARR, it’s Talk like a Pirate day!
      to think I almost missed it.

      ARR, it’s Talk like a Pirate day!

      to think I almost missed it.

      Authored by: mike d.

      High School Burnout

      September 19th, 2006 by mike d. in Dad, Features

      Dad DiDonato

      My dad has a lot of good stories. Here’s one of them:

      In 1966 I was in my high school band. We used to have marching rehearsal on Saturday mornings and halfway through my friends and I would take our break and go out to lunch. This particular Saturday we went to a sub-shop.

      As a 16 year old, my pallet was not yet mature. So I went in an ordered an Italian Sub. Now, keep in mind, my mother wasn’t Italian. So at home we never really had Italian food.

      mike d: What did Grandma typically make for dinner?

      well, a typical meal was meat, potatos, and green beans. She had a great recipe for scalloped potatos. Never Italian food though. In fact, ironically, I don’t think I really got a taste of Garlic until I married your polish mother.

      Anyway, the guy behind the counter asks me what I’d like and I ordered my Italian Sub.
      He asked me “You want peppers?”
      “Sure!” I said.
      “Are you sure you like peppers?”
      “Sure, load ‘em on.”
      “You want a lot of peppers?”
      “Load it up.”

      So he packed that sub so it was bursting with peppers. Bursting with peppers. But these weren’t normal peppers, these were HOT peppers. After I ate that thing my stomach and digestive track were SMOKIN’! I spent the rest of the day marching around the field with my insides burning up.

      Authored by: mike d.

      Rock Climbing the Church

      September 19th, 2006 by mike d. in climbing

      currently eating: an apple

      Once you climb a few rocks, you look at everything as a potential climb.

      Call me sacreligious, but occasionally when I’m in church I can’t help but imagine climbing the ornate walls. I see the designs and try to mentally figure out the best way to navigate the moves

      Lean back off the arch, heel hook the leafy orb… right hand to the trim, pull up, shift weight and mantle off the top of the column…

      The feasibility of the climb would depend a lot on the air flow within the church and whether or not a coating of dust covered the higher hand holds. But really, I don’t think it’d be too bad. My church here in Meriden probably has a few solid 5.9’s and one or two 5.11’s (lots of slopers.)

      Authored by: mike d.
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