The Wonders of Genetics
I don't make a big secret of the fact that I have a poor relationship with my biological father. The fact that I legally changed my name to take my Mother's maiden name should be a hint. I am not alone in this by the way, in fact I am the only one of his children that will actually speak to him. Well occasionally he calls me to try and convince me that my memory of what a shitty father he was is just my imagination. Normally I find these conversations amusing. For example he called me once and suggested that the two of us hike the Appalachian Trail together, or the time he told me that he was going to go to Africa and help the natives with water treatment.
Tonight however the old bastard got my goat. Among the constant refrain of "the past is a canceled check, and tomorrow is a check unwritten" every time I called him on a point of bullshit. He mentioned that he was thinking about getting involved in Boy Scouts again. Now Boy Scouts is something near and dear to my heart. It was the only place after my Grandpa died where I could find positive male role models growing up. To this day I am still heavily involved on several local levels (BTW Boy Scout Leader RagnorokT is different than regular RagnorokT, not Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde different, more like stand up comic vs. radio personality. Same basic person just with some editing.) Since I feel that the bastard is a danger to children I tried to talk him out of it. I even encouraged his other dumb-shit idea, skid-row preacher.
By the end of the conversation it was clear he is going to do it anyway as an ego trip. However I know the District Executive for that area personally, so I think I am going to make a call in the morning and have him black listed. I may not be care about his efforts to "make amends" for the past, but I do care about protecting children.
Tonight however the old bastard got my goat. Among the constant refrain of "the past is a canceled check, and tomorrow is a check unwritten" every time I called him on a point of bullshit. He mentioned that he was thinking about getting involved in Boy Scouts again. Now Boy Scouts is something near and dear to my heart. It was the only place after my Grandpa died where I could find positive male role models growing up. To this day I am still heavily involved on several local levels (BTW Boy Scout Leader RagnorokT is different than regular RagnorokT, not Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde different, more like stand up comic vs. radio personality. Same basic person just with some editing.) Since I feel that the bastard is a danger to children I tried to talk him out of it. I even encouraged his other dumb-shit idea, skid-row preacher.
By the end of the conversation it was clear he is going to do it anyway as an ego trip. However I know the District Executive for that area personally, so I think I am going to make a call in the morning and have him black listed. I may not be care about his efforts to "make amends" for the past, but I do care about protecting children.