Slog - Comments on I Love You, Dad. http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad This morning, I got a text message from my ornery old dad back in DC. My loving dad, who thinks I —not Savage—should be the editor of this newspaper, wrote: Savage was on the Colbert Report. Very boring. Wizards looked good beating Denver last night.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:44:33 -0800 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:43:56 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by last days sucker But Josh, it's already well-known that your dad believes he's the indirect editor of the Stranger.

]]> last days sucker http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573060 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573060 Life Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:46:20 -0800 Comment by Tiffany That was deep.

]]> Tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573086 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573086 Life Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:52:37 -0800 Comment by Orphan Shouldn't this be filed under Nepotism?

]]> Orphan http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573089 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573089 Life Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:53:19 -0800 Comment by Orson Can he be my daddy, too?

]]> Orson http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573105 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573105 Life Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:57:37 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage That's it: I no longer feel bad about the Holiday Inn incident, Josh.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573106 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573106 Life Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:58:23 -0800 Comment by candyqueen 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.

]]> candyqueen http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573123 Life Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:17:41 -0800 Comment by Fnarf 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.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573128 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573128 Life Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:24:24 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit CandyQueen at #6,

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

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573131 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573131 Life Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:28:29 -0800 Comment by Orphan 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.

]]> Orphan http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573133 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573133 Life Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:31:14 -0800 Comment by Pike Place Guy Josh, does your daddy know you cry like a baby when you see a dog?

]]> Pike Place Guy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573148 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573148 Life Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:02:34 -0800 Comment by Angry much? 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.

]]> Angry much? http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573249 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573249 Life Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:48:14 -0800 Comment by StrangerDanger Brilliant, true text message.

]]> StrangerDanger http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573253 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573253 Life Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:52:35 -0800 Comment by 1101 18th Avenue 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.

]]> 1101 18th Avenue http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573333 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573333 Life Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:35:51 -0800 Comment by Kittenbrains Sadly, I kinda agree with him about the "boring" part

]]> Kittenbrains http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573934 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/i_love_you_dad#c573934 Life Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:43:56 -0800