75

Last night after I finished my Monday night whirlwind of tasks I sat down to call my dad, it was his 75th birthday.  I talked to him for over a half an hour, reflecting on life after three quarters of a century, which seems hard to believe.  I have very clear and not so distant seeming memories of when we traveled north for his surprise 70th birthday party in Marienville.  It was really a memorable trip where we got to experience brutal NW PA winter conditions.  Most days were single digits yet overall, it was sort of awesome.  To imagine that another half decade has blinked by since that trip seems impossible, if it wasn’t true.

It was good to catch up with dad, he is one of the few people I have where open and honest discussions about life can take place.  The good, the bad, and the ugly are all on the table.

Last night I finished off the relaunched Dexter series, a popular show from a decade ago where the main character is a serial killer, except he only kills bad guys.  I thought overall they did a good job with the series reboot but it wasn’t up to the standards of the original which is almost always the case.  The way the story ended up was not quite what I was expecting, but overall I would give the final, FINAL season of Dexter a B+.