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Toronto, 2012.07.15

Tonight we visited with some old friends from the first two times I lived in Toronto: Stephanie and Brian. Their son Matthew and Kenny really hit it off—they're a month apart in age. The only problem being that Matt had exhausted himself spending the whole day in anticipation and passed out at 7:45. Upon which Kenny commented a few times as he played with almost 3 year old Fiona.

When last I got together with these two and our friend Charlie we wound up polishing off a few bottles of rye. Not so tonight! It was funny to see the same scenes playing out in a different family, and hear the same things "Get down from there", "That is not a toy", etc.

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Writing is a lonely job, unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.

—Emilio Estevez