But Josh, it's already well-known that your dad believes he's the indirect editor of the Stranger.

That was deep.

Shouldn't this be filed under Nepotism?

Can he be my daddy, too?

That's it: I no longer feel bad about the Holiday Inn incident, Josh.

I am just amazed that your dad knows how to text message. I have been trying to get my dad to figure it out for a while now, but I think it's just a lost cause.

Also glad to hear that he didn't say anything about the lack of money you're making. My Jewish dad would have mentioned that, text message or no text message.

My dad died not knowing or wanting to know how to do anything at all with a computer or a cell phone; his fingers literally never touched a keyboard. I tried to teach my mom how to use both, but she would just stare at the screen when moving the mouse, unable to pick out the moving cursor, and she never did figure out how to actually answer a call. Not stupid, just set up differently in her mind. Neither of them miss(ed) it at all.

CandyQueen at #6,

Yes, I'm amazed about it too. And I treasure his texts.

My non-Jewish Step-Dad barely knows how to email (usually just those pass along AOLspam letters of sappy good will). Like Charles, when he and I get together, we talk at the dinner table. Not so much religion, but the latest corny jokes, our didain for the hierarchical power structure in the media- esp, newspapers-and then we get emotional over sports, much like the impression I get from Mr. Feit's heartwarming text.

Josh, does your daddy know you cry like a baby when you see a dog?

Pike Place Guy:
Josh loves his dad and doesn't like dogs. Get over it. Remember the guy in high school who went around calling everyone else a fag because he thought it was cool and to this day you're pretty sure that guy still works at your hometown carwash? That's you right now. Good luck with those Hummers, I hear they're a bitch.

Brilliant, true text message.

Yeah, lay off the joke about Josh and dogs. It's old, and it's probably pretty painful at a personal level.

And lay off the jokes about people's parents and children. Kidding aside, even the Stranger and its readers draw a line somewhere.

Sadly, I kinda agree with him about the "boring" part