Happy Father's Day, 2024 -- June 16, 2024

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Happy Fathers' Day to all my fellow fathers. I miss my dad. And I miss my father-in-law. I haven't had anyone for whom to buy a card for a long time. I am lucky to have a great daughter and son-in-law.

Just last night, for the first time, I watched Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station, about the murder of Oscar Grant by a BART cop in 2009. Michael B Jordan played Oscar Grant. Grant was a young man who was as imperfect as we all are, but he was striving to be better, especially as a father to his young daughter. I could empathize with his struggle. All the performances were strong and convincing. The scenes on BART brought back memories.

I was surprised I didn't write about the case in my other blog. 

Happy Father's Day, 2023 -- June 18, 2023

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Happy Fathers' Day to all my fellow fathers. I miss my dad. And I miss my father-in-law. I haven't had anyone for whom to buy a card for a long time. I am lucky to have a great daughter and son-in-law.

In Charlie Chaplin's first self-directed feature film, The Kid, he played a loving informally adoptive father to Jackie Coogan.

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Happy Father's Day, 2022 -- June 19, 2022

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CODA won Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards. I liked the way that the deaf father and the hearing daughter interacted. 

Happy Father's Day, 2021 -- June 20, 2021

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Happy Fathers' Day to all my fellow fathers. I miss my dad. And I miss my father-in-law. I haven't had anyone for whom to buy a card for a long time. I am lucky to have a great daughter and son-in-law.

When I read the book To Kill a Mockingbird and then saw the movie, Atticus Finch reminded me of my father.  My dad rarely lectured about what was right or how to do things.  He mostly led by example.  His example showed me how to be honest and brave and to try to do the right thing.   I hope I have come close to setting a similar example as a father. 

Nick Charles -- June 19, 2016

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Happy Fathers' Day to all my fellow fathers. I miss my dad.  And I miss my father-in-law. I haven't had anyone to buy a card for for a long time. 

I think my favorite movie dad is William Powell's Nick Charles in the Thin Man series, inspired by Dashiell Hammett's novel. Nick and Nora really loved each other. Nick had some points in common with my dad: He was very smart, he could be very sarcastic, and he always enjoyed a martini.

The Old Man -- June 15, 2014

Happy Fathers' Day to all my fellow fathers. I miss my dad and my father-in-law.

Darren McGavin's "Old Man" in Jean Shepherd's A Christmas Story is one of my favorite movie dads.