of course there's lots of terrible news these days about the economic woes of greece. it makes me a little sad that the land of my grandfather is in such dire straights. but, why would i be sad? i'm a terrible greek. i don't even know the alphabet, much less the language. i'm fond of telling people that i'm greek in name only. that's the truth.
my father uttered only a precious few greek words in my presence. to be honest, i don't know if he knew much more than a couple of words. it seems that his father was in a big hurry to learn english and fit in here in america. in his haste to do so, he didn't pass on any greek heritage to my dad. at least that's my story. maybe my dad was the real culprit and was just too lazy to pass it on to us recalcitrant kids.
i keep saying that one day i will learn the greek alphabet. i keep saying that one day i will visit greece.
maybe i will.
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I was pretty glad you had the name and eyebrows of your ancestor's the night that older Greek gentleman was in the shop gettin' all up in my grill though as they took the pressure off me.
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