Richard M. Doctoroff, Esquire

Things that amuse me about my father:

-He goes by Doc, even though is a lawyer NOT a doctor. Weird!

-He often tells me that food is unhealthy for me to eat.

Example:

Day 1: “Don’t eat too many snap peas, they have a lot of sugar in them.”

Day 2: “Guess what I just ate? Hush puppies, clams, cole slaw. Too much food. It was so good, though.”

-His favorite things to tell me I should do: go skiing, sing (apparently I am REALLY good at singing), go to the baseball game, watch sports on TV, go outside and stop reading (this was in Florida when I was younger and liked to stay inside reading), read articles in the Times about NY food and the neighborhood where I live.

Facts about Doc:

-Born in 1946 in Cambridge, MA

-Had glasses starting at age 4

-Enjoyed boy scouts

-Rode a goat on his street

-Did not pay attention in law school

-Has a wife named Lissa and two daughters–the older one is stupid, the younger one is fucking brilliant