Kristof The Rat Watch

As I commented to The Spearhead, in his continuing assault on guys, New York Times mangina in chief Nicholas Kristof recommended that people donate a rat for Father’s Day in lieu of a direct gift to their fathers, husbands, etc.: http://tinyurl.com/2wpu53j

He said guys didn’t need more neckties. Of course, maybe if wives and daughters bothered to put a second’s thought into what their husbands and fathers did for them and the gifts they bought for Father’s Day which are supposed to reflect that, guys wouldn’t be getting so many neckties.

Nicholas D. ("The Rat") Kristof

I got my dad a pair of tickets for tomorrow’s Mayor’s Trophy Series game between the Yankees and Mets.  After virtually growing up in the original real Yankee Stadium, where he saw DiMaggio, Berra, and Ford play and attended Babe Ruth’s farewell, it will be his first visit to the new fake “Yankee Stadium.”  The gift is, in part, appreciation for his taking me to my first game in the original stadium  (in 1966, with Mickey Mantle in the lineup), as well as Yankee games at Shea Stadium (including Ron Guidry’s first start) and the first night game in the renovated stadium, when Thurman Munson was behind the plate.

This year, we’ve seen the feminization of Memorial Day – a day intended to memorialize soldiers that died during service, nearly all of which have been guys. And, as even Kristof noted, Father’s Day has long been the poor step-spouse of Mother’s Day.

For my dad, Father’s Day will not end with a tie.  Its a good thing he didn’t have just daughters, but its a far bigger shame that Nicholas D. Kristof’s father had one of his sons.

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