Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 The Birds and the Bees…of Which We Dared Not Speak 5
Chapter 2 Letters from Gang Camp 21
Chapter 3 The Red Jeep 37
Chapter 4 "Dad, this really sucks" 55
Chapter 5 A Sledgehammer Christmas 71
Chapter 6 Yuletide at Grandpa George's Zoo 77
Chapter 7 Baseball, Fathers, Sons…and All That 87
Chapter 8 A Four-Year-Old, a Football Game & Dora the Explorer 129
Chapter 9 Talking to Teens About Drinking (Once They've Reached Their Thirties) 145
Chapter 10 Our Birthday Party for Elvis 161
Chapter 11 Willie, Uncle Herb & Mick Jagger: A Journey Down the Garden State Parkway 173
Chapter 12 The Talk We Really Never Had: Vietnam 187
Chapter 13 The Family Business: From the Fisher Reporter to 30 Rock 203
Chapter 14 Parkinson's: The Denial Treatment 243
Chapter 15 Bend but Don't Break: The Geist Parenting Style 255
Chapter 16 When Bill Became "Bumpa" 295
Epilogue 303
Acknowledgments 307