Re: Vacation pics of cottage country, Ontario (56k avoid)
Posted: 2009-09-03 06:53am
yeah, his oldest boy. Damn me.
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I'm told that I used to look quite dangerous, and I had a genuinely intimidating scowl, but I can't seem to replicate that any more, not without considerable effort. To be totally honest, I suspect that I'm entirely too happy with my life to generate that kind of implied hostility any more.Lagmonster wrote:Did you mean Matthew or Mike? If it's Mike, I don't buy it - the guy may have a reputation as a grit-chewing hardass, but gosh darn it if I just can't take that dimpled grin seriously.Chardok wrote:Michael has this look about him- like he is ready to just kick the holy howling hell out of whatever he's looking at. Don't know why - but whatever it is he is looking at, he's just daring it to try some shit.
Matthew does tend to have a scowl on his face, but as you say, teens often walk around looking like that. He's actually a reasonably cheerful kid if you get him to relax, but in public he seems to default to a sort of "don't talk to me" body language unless you actively engage him.If you meant Matthew, well, all teens look grumpy to me. Maybe I'm just getting old.
Well, Mike... I hate to break it to you... but between age, fatherhood, happy family, and judging from your waistline sufficient funds to eat on a very regular basis you're moving from "dangerous" to "happy chubby Buddha".Darth Wong wrote: I'm told that I used to look quite dangerous, and I had a genuinely intimidating scowl, but I can't seem to replicate that any more, not without considerable effort. To be totally honest, I suspect that I'm entirely too happy with my life to generate that kind of implied hostility any more.
Yeah, there was a certain advantage to having a car that looked like it might be an unmarked cop car.aerius wrote:And he doesn't have a Mercury Grand Marquis anymore so he can't intimidate other drivers on our roads these days.
No one's going to be scared by a Subaru station wagon.
It's funny how, when I close my eyes and think of my son, I still see the little boy with the cherubic round face, but I open my eyes and I see a gangly teenager who's just finished his first week of high school.Col. Crackpot wrote:Amazing how they grow up so fast, isn't it Mike? My guys turn three this week and i swear i just brought them home from the hospital. Time flies.
I have to admit, I'm very happy to have my little toddler of a son running around right now. There are things you know you're going to miss as your children grow up.Darth Wong wrote:It's funny how, when I close my eyes and think of my son, I still see the little boy with the cherubic round face, but I open my eyes and I see a gangly teenager who's just finished his first week of high school.Col. Crackpot wrote:Amazing how they grow up so fast, isn't it Mike? My guys turn three this week and i swear i just brought them home from the hospital. Time flies.
Darth Wong wrote:It's funny how, when I close my eyes and think of my son, I still see the little boy with the cherubic round face, but I open my eyes and I see a gangly teenager who's just finished his first week of high school.Col. Crackpot wrote:Amazing how they grow up so fast, isn't it Mike? My guys turn three this week and i swear i just brought them home from the hospital. Time flies.