A belated Happy Father's Day to all my fellow dad's out there:
Saturday was a busy but fun day. We started by meeting Timmy's counselors at his summer camp. Then we headed into Queens for Kevin McGarvey's graduation party. In addition to catching up with Ray, Maureen,Auggie and Mary, we also got to watch our kids play video golf and songs on the jukebox. A preview of things to come in the future no doubt.
I remember the nights that Kevin and Brendan DePuy came home from the hospital, now they are in high school. Handsome and strapping young men, makes me feel real old.
So later that night, in an attempt to recapture some of my youth, Tara, Tim and I headed to JPaul's on Merrick Road. Tara's co worker's daughter was singing, so we went to cheer her on. We took a cab so that we could have a drink or two.
When Auggie first moved to Woodside, he would occasionally trek back out to Nassau county to hang with his crew, and he'd take Karl, Ray and I with him. Hanging out at JPaul's reminded me of those nights. The beer was good and the music was better. Tara's friend brought her husband and her other three daughters each who took turns playing with Timmy.
We got home and before we turned in, the three of us danced to My House by Flo Rida . Just in case Timmy forgot what geeks his parents are.
BASKETBALL: Cleveland wins NBA Title
As you know, I had been rooting for the Warriors to win the NBA title and take the crown as the best team of all time. Thing is, it wouldn't have mattered even if they had won Sunday night. As much as I hate the 1996 Bulls, I couldn't in good conscience declare the 2016 Warriors the best ever. The 96 Bulls, the 86 Celtics, and any of the Showtime Lakers teams would have wiped the floor with these Warriors.
I admit I haven't watched the NBA as much these past few years, but I couldn't believe how a team as fundamentally flawed as Golden State could have such a good record. To me, all they did was hoist three pointers. I'm old enough to remember Dell Curry, Stephen Curry's father, as a player, and whenever they wrote about him, they referred to him as the one dimensional Dell Curry. It wasn't even that he didn't play any D, it was that he did nothing but bomb away from the outside. His son does almost the same thing. Jordan, Bird, Magic and even Lebron could beat you several different ways. If Curry's shots aren't falling, he's useless,at least what I gathered from watching him.
And speaking of LeBron, when he was being interviewed by Doris Burke,he started talking about "everything I overcame". Say what? The only thing he overcame was his big mouth and poor decisions. He once again showed why he can be so hard to root for.
That said, he cemented himself as far and away the greatest player of his era, but also in the conversation of Greatest of all time. Right up there with Jordan, Bird, Magic, Russell and Chamberlain.
And anyone who watched that ESPN documentary about Cleveland 's long championship drought had to have felt good for that city. Look, even my 4 loser teams have won titles since 1964. For a whole city to go title less for 50 years is just wrong. Enjoy this one Clevelanders, you all deserve a party.
If Cleveland had a glorious week, Orlando's week was a nightmare.
NEWS ITEM: More tragedy in Orlando
Lane Graves, a two year old Nebraska boy on vacation at Disney World's Grand Floridian Resort, was snatched by an alligator while playing along the Seven Seas Lagoon. His body was found 24 hours later.
What makes this episode particularly frightening is the fact that of all the scary things that can happen in a place like Disney World, who would have figured on an alligator attack?
Maybe I'm naïve, but I still can't wrap my head around the idea that a dangerous creature like that could be in a place where kids are supposed to feel safe. In the theme parks, obviously you don't take your eyes off your kids, because Irv the Perv maybe looking to grab him or her up. But the pools and the hotel? Yes, you still have to be on the lookout, but it's still theoretically safe.
And again, it's something that can happen to any of us parents, no matter how diligent we are.
As far as the other tragedy emanating from Orlando, as predicted, both sides of the gun debate spouted off, and surprise surprise, nothing got resolved. I'm just hearing as I'm typing this, that several gun control measures were voted down in the Senate. More of the usual of not getting things done.
And again, I wish i had the answer.
Sorry for the delay.
Have a great week
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