{"id":2176,"date":"2009-01-05T16:21:34","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T23:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/?p=2176"},"modified":"2009-01-05T16:21:34","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T23:21:34","slug":"dad-5-years-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/2009\/01\/05\/dad-5-years-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad – 5 Years On"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is nearly impossible for me to believe that five years have passed since you passed away<\/a>.
\nAnd hey, we’re still waiting for Mt. Shasta to explode<\/a>, could you get working on that?
\nOne day, when I was an undergraduate at Caltech, I received a package in the mail from my father. In it was a small yellow squash with red dots painted onto it along with a strip of paper which read “what is this?” Well, Caltech is full of some pretty smart people, so we spent a few days trying to reason what this strange package that my father sent was. Small. Yellow. Squash. With red dots. Huh? After a few days I gave up and gave him a call. Okay, dad, what is that damn thing? “Oh, that’s simple,” he said, “It’s an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot zucchini!”
\nWe miss you. Even your bad jokes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is nearly impossible for me to believe that five years have passed since you passed away. And hey, we’re still waiting for Mt. Shasta to explode, could you get working on that? One day, when I was an undergraduate at Caltech, I received a package in the mail from my father. In it was … <\/p>\n

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