Super Dad

It's a humbling thing, this fatherhood gig. Because it doesn't take long to realize your son thinks you can do anything and everything.

The Olympics never fail to inspire, as previously mentioned. But the kid doesn't know what an anti-jock he has for a dad. We watch taekwondo. "I wanna see you do that Papa." We watch the extreme kayaking. "I wanna do that with you Papa." Tonight's the pole vault. "Look, he made it over!! It's because of his big muscles. Maybe you could do that, Papa."

And so what does a father do? Go with it? Tell him the truth? Try, but disappoint?

Ignorance is bliss, I suppose, for the both of us. Give him another 10 or 15 years and he'll only be able to see all the things I can't do, all the things I do wrong.