HAPPY FIRST DAY of summer and Happy Father’s Day Weekend, a scorcher of one at that to you and that guy who taught you how to throw a baseball, the importance of saving for a rainy day and how to try and be on time.
(I qualify that last one because I always try and be on time, but it seems in this writer's way of life, something always comes up!).
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