Posts Tagged ‘dads’
Texas Dad Saves Son From Fire Right Before His Birthday
You know I love me some superheroes. But they don’t just exist in comic books.
KHOU.com reports that a Texas father rushed into their burning home in order to save his son. He succeeded, and the kid turned five on February 8, according to the report.
I’d like to think that I wouldn’t hesitate to do the same thing for my kids. That said, I hope I never have to find out.
KHOU.com says that the Super Dad’s name was not released. Whoever you are dude, good for you. You are truly awesome.
Mark Sanchez Praises Mark Brunell’s Dad Skills
This week on 1050 ESPN Radio, Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez praised backup QB Mark Brunell’s dad skills.
Brunell, said Sanchez (aka The Sanchise, aka Nacho), is an “awesome dad.”
Brunell’s children are “super polite”, and always say “yes sir” or “no sir.” Sanchez likes that. We do too.
You can listen to the interview here. You can also find video of Rex Ryan telling reporters that “footgate” is a “personal matter” he has no plans to discuss with anyone. It’s worth the eight seconds it takes to watch.
41 Year Old Woman Meets Father For First Time By Chance
A 41 year old woman met her father for the first time. By chance.
Stories like this amaze me every time.
ABC News has a report about 41-year-old Wanda Rodriguez who had a chance meeting with her father at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx where she is the head nurse.
According to ABC, “Rodriguez said her parents separated while she was still an infant. She never heard from him again.”
And then, you know, poof. There he was. Bizarre.
A Daughter’s Chance Encounter With Father She Never Met
After a 41-Year Separation, A Nurse Meets Her Father At A Hospital (ABC News)
Hi Daddy movie on VHS from Amazon.com. You can buy it for a penny. Whoo-hoo! But you’ll need a VCR.
Mel Gibson’s Father Thinks Pope is Gay [Daddy Issues]
TMZ has audio of Hutton Gibson, Mel Gibson’s father, calling in to a radio show and saying that Pope Benedict XVI is gay. As in homosexual. TMZ has the recording; here is a partial transcript.
The elder Mr. Gibson called “the Political Cesspool Radio Program to discuss the issues involving the Catholic Church,” according to TMZ.
When asked by the host if the Catholic Church had “become politicized…so that it was no longer able to take on controversial issues like homosexuality,” or if perhaps they were simply “unwilling to do so,” Hutton Gibson replied: “It’s not willing to do so because half of the people there in the Vatican are queer.”
Gibson added that they (presumably the gay people in the church hierarchy) have “fostered it” (gay stuff?) because they want to “destroy the church.”
In the recording posted at TMZ.com, Gibson is asked by the host about the involvement of the Freemasons in the church’s supposed demise. When Pope Benedict’s name came up, Gibson said, “He’s one of them. He was the one that influenced the last four… the last four anti-popes.” When asked if Benedict could be a Freemason, Gibson says, “I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised.”
And finally, the money shot:
Host: Now I’m going to ask you a very controversial question. Do you think that Benedict is a homosexual?
Hutton Gibson: I certainly do. Why else would he put up with this? He was in charge of stamping it out. And he did nothing. He just kept quiet. Keep things quiet, don’t do anything. We don’t want to disturb anybody.
Hutton Gibson also says that the Pope is a “slippery character” who is now going to “get behind the thing he’s always scorned.” Make up your own joke.
WOW. I thought I had daddy issues. And I do. But, um. WOW.
Asides:
– This will probably be the only time that I slightly agree with Hutton Gibson. It was wrong of the Church to keep what appears to have been rampant sexual abuse among the preisthood under wraps. That’s kind of a minor point in all of this, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
– Can you imagine if this guy was your father? Unless you moved out at a very young age, what are the odds that you wouldn’t end up a nutjob?
– Anti-Popes would be a good name for a band.
TMZ via Daily Mail
Introduction To Christianity Image via Amazon.com
Sean Salisbury’s Meltdown
You may have read about the trainwreck that is Sean Salisbury. Since the former ESPN talking head is also a dad (more on this later), I decided to weigh in.
Sean Salisbury was an NFL quarterback. He was OK. Not great, but OK. Well, maybe mediocre at best. Hey, he played professional football, which is no small thing.
Speaking of small things, he also allegedly likes to show pictures of his wiener to women at parties. (I should say “allegedly small thing.” No idea how big Little Sean is.)
There is no proof of Salisbury’s actions, and he has denied it vehemently. (Deadspin first mentioned it in 2007.) But in April, a woman gave an “eyewitness account” of the incident to Deadspin.com. Apparently Mr. Salisbury’s M.O. is to go up to a lady and say “want to see a picture of my baby?” Then he pulls out his cellphone, which has a snapshot of his wang.
Only a guy would ever do something like this. Think about it. Has any woman ever walked up to a guy at a party and whipped out a picture of her vagina?
Even if the cellphone thing turns out to be untrue, Sean Salisbury might be insane. Via Deadspin:
Hey I’m a dad trying to raise kids and get reputation cleared and a lawsuit will bring everyone to carpet. So feel free to go on ur deadspin and call me those names.
In response to AJ saying, “Okay. Please try to keep it together,” Sean replied:
Keep what together. Is that one of ur condesending remarks. I am together happy on the beach and raising my kids.
and later:
These emails r from beach. I hope u can get it together lol
Deadspin commenters are generally very amusing, proving that at times The Hive (my name for the collective social networking-commenter-troll brain that is the Interweb these days) can produce cleverness, such as this:
I feel like I just walked in on my dad jerking off into the mirror. (lukeoneil47)
Well said.
Or as a commenter on ProFootballTalk points out, It’s pretty sad actually that there is no one in this guy’s life who will say “come on Sean, it’s starting to really get embarassing”. (Richm2256)
Also well said.
I want to say something about Sean’s “I am together happy on the beach and raising my kids” comment.
I try very hard to avoid spending time on my cellphone when on vacation with the family. I don’t often succeed, but I at least make an effort to limit myself to things that actually require my attention. The idea that Salisbury is engaging in an ongoing dialogue with the editor of a website while on the beach with his kids is wacky. So is the fact that he feels a need to mention them. Using your children as a shield is something I find irritating, and that’s what Sean is doing here. Are we supposed to have sympathy for him beacuse he’s a father? Frankly, after reading his emails to Deadspin, I have more sympathy for his kids.
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