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Anthony’s Birthday

Happy May Day! Today is Anthony’s 14th Birthday and also the anniversary of his official adoption. We will have a little celebration today, but it won’t top the excitement of last week when Anthony’s wish was granted by Make-a-Wish.

Anthony received a beautiful 40 inch LCD TV with surround sound! He loves it! It is like he is hypnotized when he is watching it, he can’t take his eyes off the screen, and it’s impossible to get his attention. I suppose this is “normal” 14 year old behavior, LOL!

Here are a few photos:

Wall mounting, originally uploaded by BissellBlog2.0.

John and Jason from Tweeter installing Anthony’s TV. Thanks guys!

Aaron, Anthony and Eric watching TV, originally uploaded by BissellBlog2.0.

Obviously, the whole family will enjoy Anthony’s wish!

Party time!, originally uploaded by BissellBlog2.0.

Anthony with Make-a-Wish volunteer Kristen. (Of course you must watch “Finding Nemo” on a flat-screen monitor!)

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Nick & Aaron

Nick & Aaron, originally uploaded by BissellBlog2.0.

Nicholas and Aaron at the premier of Nick’s documentary film, “The Soul of Genius: Yale, Yalies and the Meaning of Life.” Rich took Aaron to the big premier at Yale and they gave the film two thumbs up. I was not able to attend, but I will hopefully see it soon on DVD.

Here is the official trailer:

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Gun Control

Maybe something good can come out of the Virginia Tech Massacre? There is no reason in a civilized society for hand guns. With the exception of law enforcement, the dangers of citizens owning hand guns now out weights the benefits. It’s time we took a fresh look at the antiquated second amendment. In 1997, there were 15,289 murders in the United States, 10,369 were committed with guns. Something is terribly wrong when a 23 year old student with a history of mental illness can walk into a store and buy a gun. There is no doubt in my mind that outlawing hand guns will lower firearm fatalities.

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Eric’s Certificate

Eric brought this certificate home from school this week. His class participated in an Art Competition through the Federation for Children with Special Needs. The federation is an organization in Boston for parents of kids with special needs. They focus a lot on educational advocacy. The theme was “Possibilities” and the art work was to represent what the child would like to be when he/she grows up. I haven’t actually seen Eric’s art, but the teacher tells me that he said he wanted to be a soccer player when he growns up! Cute and sad at the same time…

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