A Legend In His Own Minefield

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Thinking About My Dad

Thinking About My Dad

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John Mendelssohn
Mar 06, 2010
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When I was around four, my dad, whose clumsiness I inherited , somehow managed to give himself a black eye in a mishap involving our garage door. For someone like my dad, who reveled in attention, this wasn’t entirely unfelicitous, as it made everyone notice him. When one particular neighbor asked what had happened, my dad said I’d dropped the garage do…

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