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June 20, 2021

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Happy Father's Day everyone! I guess I should mostly direct that to fathers, but in a certain sense, aren't we all fathers? The answer is no. Is something a father contributes to parenting that cannot be replicated elsewhere? Sure. The closest thing I ever was to Dad was sharing responsibility for the care of a cat. While I was not the feline's primary caretaker, she was pretty cute. That's a fluffy pud Poll question of the week: should I adopt a cat? That's my intro for the week. I spent Father's Day with family, which was a good time. This entry will be a little late, but not as late as last week. What can I say? Father's Day > recap blog. I know I've sort of said this before, so let's see if stick to it, but I'm going to try scale back the word count for awhile to hopefully allow more to focus on other things - house/yard maintenance, reading books, writing ambitions, etc. Let's see if any of that pans out or I just watch TV. (Take the

June 13, 2021

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I really am going to try to make this week's recap brief. This past week, I've spent time I'd usually use to bang one of these out to try and catch up on household project/home improvement. No rest for the weary though. French Open Recap Only one of my four picks to make the finals made it. So, no, thank you Nastia . I'm not going to beat myself up failing to pick Barbora Krejcikova to win it. If I haven't heard of someone before, I can't possibly be asked to form a meaningful opinion. I only got to watch Krejcikova in the finals. She has a semi-funky game. On a scale of 1 to Ons Jabeur, Barbora is about a 6. Some people may call her game junk tennis because of the reliance on the heretofore rarely seen slice forehand. But maybe this is just what happens when a doubles specialist starts finding success in singles. All heartwarming stories about her relationship with the dearly departed Jana Novatna aside, I'll be rooting for Barbora Krejcikova to win a secon