So…I just experienced what I’m going to call “FIRST FATHER FREAKOUT”.  Do you remember the movie SPEED with Keanu Reeves?  The part where Dennis Hopper, the bad guy, tells Keanu that his partner is dead…and then Keanu proceeds to go f***ing nuts on the bus? That’s me, except in my ...

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