Mike...Glenn...I am your father!!!

Thomas Tittmann
7 hours ago
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FAMILY & FRIENDS:

Jim Duffy, one of my brothers-in-law's, is celebrating 70 circumnavigations around the sun. His immediate family asked for contributions to a book of our memories. Since it will be print-based, here's a QR code you can scan to read it on your phone or computer:

JIM, It's my hope that you really enjoy your 70th birthday book...

Since your first-born - Mike - is teacher of English. I'm starting with this meme:

His younger brother Glenn is an electrical engineer and plays sax and keyboard...COOL!

BEGINNINGS...

JIM, Here's an early memory of the country hospitality you and mate Debbie offered to us city kids...

Our son JOHN: "This is why I came here..."

And "70" will get you some classic rock for an alternative Sunday morning at your home in Massachusetts...

This first 1970 song could be a love song for you and Deb:

[Verse 1: Terry Kath]

"Oh, my reasons

And my ways

Keep on changing

From day to day

And as I grow

It becomes so clear

Why I'm here"

[Verse 2: Terry Kath]

"It's all here

For you and me

The beauty of life

Someday you'll see

And then you'll join in

And sing along

And you'll understand why

I sing this song"

[Chorus: Terry Kath & Peter Cetera]

"Let me tell you now

I do love you, oh

I do love you, oh yeah

I do love you"

[Verse 4: Terry Kath & Peter Cetera]

"Well I'm talking bout life (And living)

And the beautiful earth (And giving)

Talking about the natural things

We've had since birth (That's loving)

Well I'm talking about a walk in the country

About an angel's sweet charm

The smell of her perfume

And they're both coming on"

Chicago - In The Country | Live at Tanglewood (1970 ) (06:51)

"Us Long Island Tittmann's said:

"We're gonna leave this city, got to get away..."

Canned Heat - Going Up The Country 1970 (02:44)

DOES A BEAR...IN THE WOODS?

Speaking of canned heat...

...JIM, I know you liked camping and hiking...We'll, I "BEAN there. too..."

Another classic from the filmmaker I call my adopted "RABBI"...

Blazing Saddles the Camp Fire Scene (01:00)

"I'm just following the tracks..."

Alan Jackson - Beer: 10 (Lyrics) (04:10)

LATER IN OUR FAMILY'S SAGA...

I encountered Darth on my walk today...In funnier circles, he's known as "Dark Helmet" ...another classic from my "RABBI"...Mel...

When he's not conquering worlds, he's got a side business doing circumcisions...

DARK HELMET Makes His EPIC Entrance in Spaceballs! (03:40)

FOR THE SEPTEMBER SEPTUAGENARIAN...

The Best of Andy Huggins | Full Video on our Channel! (02:56)

FOR THE COUPLE...NOW...SITTING ON A PARK BENCH...

Jethro Tull - Aqualung (Official Music Video) (06:45)

MAY THE PIECES ON YOUR CHESSBOARD GET UP AND TELL YOU WHERE TO GO...

In Eileen's tale for your book, she mentioned you played chess...

Happily remembering this phase of our parenthood...

COMEDIC INTERMISSION

Classic W C Fields' Line - Lost and Found (00:30)

Joe Walsh more fun being 20 in the 70's than 70 in the 20's (00:43)

Another from my RABBI...

History Of The World, Part 1 - Collecting Unemployment Insurance In Ancient Rome (02:12)

HOBBITS PLAYING CHESS ON MUSHROOMS...

The Lord of the Rings - A Short Cut to Mushrooms (HD) (03:51)

"When the men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go...and you've just had some kind of mushroom and your mind is movin' on..."