Messing With Whom?

I like messing with folks. I especially like messing with folks who aren't used to getting messed with. My good friend Tony D. falls face first into that category. This picture (taken a few years ago) is a result of that process.

Tony-TD as I call him-is a big and "impo' tant" company executive. He spends a significant deal of his time traveling all over the country, and even the world, on business. Over the years, he's found himself more than once scheduled to be out of town during key child/school related functions. I've been honored to be called upon to be his personal "fill-in Dad" on a few of those occasions. It was of course my pleasure and honor to do so.

The second time I found myself filling in for TD at his children's elementary school's "Dad's Day", I thought it would be appropriate to once again mess with my friend. At that time, TD was with the Pepsico company and had sworn off anything to do with products from competing organizations (as he always does)--especially products from the Coca-Cola company. Now that you know the backstory, you'll understand this picture.

Fast forward to today, the little guy on the left, George, is doing an internship with a local organization, and is staying with my bride and me (and Max) for the next 8 weeks. He begins his freshman year at Wash-U in St. Louis this Fall.
The young lad in the middle, Henry, just completed his "Dean's list" sophomore year at Miami University, where he's majoring in finance with a likely double in either supply chain or entrepreneurship and econ; and Sweet Madeline is about a year away from having her degree in Occupational Therapy from St. Louis University. Soon after she'll be on her way to much fame and fortune in the world of Occupational Therapy--just like Hollywood, only different.

My whole point in sharing this is: I feel the folks at Jack's Links owe me substantially for giving them the idea for their "Messing With Sasquatch" commercials: c'mon man!