“Besides, if I ever need help, who’s a better consigliere than my father?” – Michael Corleone

You know, I spent the whole day trying to think of the most grandiose, melodramatic statement I could make about the positive effect my father has had on me in all facets of my life.  But in the end, I’m opting to go a simpler route.

So here’s a nice video to take you into the weekend.  In addition to the gratitude and mentorship I’ll never be able to repay to my own father, I also want to say thank you and I’m proud of so many of my own friends (really too many to name at this point), who have become great fathers and father figures in their own right.  The company you keep.  This one is for all of you.  Maybe Will Smith’s single best work: