My Girl was on tv last night.  Thomas J wasn’t even dead yet and I was already crying.

True story: when I was in 1st or 2nd grade I wrote the opening lines from the movie in my school journal:

“I was born jaundiced. Once I sat on a toilet seat at a truck stop and caught hemorrhoids. And I’ve learned to live with this chicken bone that’s been lodged in my throat for the past three years. So I knew Dad would be devastated when he learned of my latest affliction.”