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I can always count on you, Jimmy.  BTW, you must have a very big house.

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First Class is good.  XMen 2 could have been great if they lived up to its promise in X3.  Instead they pissed away the franchise.  Such a great setup for the Dark Phoenix saga that was squandered.  

My favorite Peter Gabriel song.

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Its all about one thing...publicity.

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That was my interpretation.  I am sure Michael knew exactly what he was referring to.  Whether it was Michael's personal experience, or what he witnessed other family members going through, it was obvioulsy important enough to acknowledge lest his advice be disregarded as hypocrisy. 

As a regular author of similarly intended notes to my own girls, I am constantly reminding myself to be as honest and sincere as I can be.  To do so otherwise discredits whatever happens to be written, regardless of its beauty and eloquence.  The intended recipients of such letters tend to know the truth behind the words. 

Whatever the truth was that he found himself compelled to address, the President paid respect to it and his son by bringing it up.  His doing so underlined everything else about the note.

I have, and I believe I have one of their tunes queued up for inclusion on my next playlist.

I was thinking of you last night as I came across another Trampled by Turtles tune.  Perhaps I should do another Minnesota week here in the future.  So much good stuff up there.

"Mike, you know better than many what an unhappy home is and what it can do to others. Now you have a chance to make it come out the way it should."

The key to a letter like this is the willingness to address the elephant in the reoom, head on.  Doing so accepts ownership,  responsibility, and facilitates the replacement of the elephant with sage and hard learned advice. 

Imagine such a man as President.   I am sure great things would follow.

Hey, Mama.  I have had the Carolina Chocolate Drops on a tickler file to check out for the longest time but have never gotten around to doing so.  Thanks for pointing me to a couple places to get started.  Say hey to the tadpoles for me!

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Besides the Old Pueblo, as each holiday arrives and passes on, we seem to find more and more in common each day.  I just shared your sentiments with Mrs. Lance and she had a very genuine, "That was very sweet!".