The Adventures of Captain Imperfecto

You are here: Home » Tis' the Season Nico and Christopher enjoying time with Santa at the mall on Friday December 15, 2017. December 19, 2017 Tis' the season to be joyful fa, la, la, at least for some. Other people sleepwalk through the Christmas lights and holiday music. As if none of the seasonal festivities existed. Many people stress out over every little detail, hoping their fairy tale Christmas will come true. Do you know what would make my fairy tale Christmas come true? Snow. When I walk around the heated streets of South Florida, the Christmas song I wail out is, "Let it snow, let it snow, let it now." However, the closest thing to snow that many of us in South Florida will enjoy is the delicious shaved ice dessert, snow cone. When I was a child, the local mall would announce, "Snow in Florida! Come to the mall and let your kids play!" But all that crushed ice resembled was a large snow cone dumped in the middle of the parking lot. I be...

You are here: Home » Sensible Christopher (left) Nico (right) and their Guardians of the Galaxy look. October 31, 2017. November 27, 2917 Being sensible is a good way at dealing with anything that overwhelms your emotions. Take my 2 kids for instances. They are currently screaming and yelling at each other as they ride their bikes up and down the street. My ears are ringing as they attempt to scream over one and other. My blood pressure is rising. My head is throbbing. My ears are ringing. The neighbors are watching these 2 as they lob their frustrations of brotherly competition at each other. I want to scream at them to, stop! But I will only be assisting them in their chaos. I suppose jumping around ranting and raving, all the while insisting that they, "be quite!" would't be, sensible. The sensible thing would be to walk out to the street, wave my arms, indicating to them I want to talk to them. And calmly explain to both those boys that they shoul...

You are here: Home »The Bloody Man, a Halloween Story Christopher (left) and Nico enjoying the day at Sea World in Orlando. October 2, 2017 October 19, 2017 She walked into the room and immediately saw that the Bloody Man was there. His blood stains the walls and saturates the floor with ooey gooey plasma. For many who know of his legend and believe in him, the blood instills paralyzing fear. Those who have been told of his nightly escapades realize he is there for only one thing. He is out to steal their skin, in the hopes to make him human again. His legend grew to grand proportions and his song was passed to generations of children, who were told that that was the only way to keep that Bloody Man away. “The Bloody Man can’t have me.  My soul is hidden under my skin to keep the Bloody Man away. My blood isn’t good enough for you.   Bloody Man stay away from me, you can’t eat my soul today.” Blood is layered of his muscles instead of skin. The B...

You are here: Home » Hurricane Blues Nico, left, and Christopher standing by one of the fallen trees during Hurricane Irma. September 11, 2017. September 22, 2017 We are singing happy birthday but nothing about our situation was happy. We were celebrating, my now 8-year-old son’s, birthday but outside there was a hell of a storm happening. Hurricane Irma had begun taking out her wrath on the poor State of Florida. There was nothing normal about what were doing. Irma’s winds started to be sustained at 40 miles per hour at about, 7 AM. The wind rolled over the house like ocean waves lapping the shores of the Florida coast. Our cinder block house wasn’t rattled however our nerves were. We knew the Hurricane was coming but unfortunately due to my work as a police officer I couldn’t flee. I had to be close to my city for an instant recall once the worst of the storm had past. I attempted to send my family to Tampa earlier in the week but roadway gridlock made it impossible. ...

You are here: Home »Embrace Life Not Work Nico (front) and Christopher relaxing after a day of summer camp. August 6, 2017. August 8, 2017 I recline my driver's car seat back to a relaxing position. However, I'm not over relaxed. As the pilot of this ship, I want to stay awake on a 700-mile road trip. I have precious cargo onboard. I have worked my ass off the past 2 months. Time to start embracing life and not work. I love road trips to escape from my everyday reality. The long drive is my window of opportunity to delve into my imagination and explore my wildest dreams on the road map of my brain. My 85,000-word book could go viral, a New York Times bestseller! Or, I come into a lot of money, and I can buy that new house I have been eyeing, and I won't have to worry about the down payment. I can plan my future. I see a future tubing down the Chattahoochee River. Man, is it a good day to dream. I pull my car from the swale driveway, and we are off. 10 mph, 2...

You are here: Home » Conversation with my Son. Nico July 16, 2017. The Eye, Atlanta, Georgia. August 3, 2017 My son Nico is a great kid. Actually, he is a fantastic kid. I was relieved when he was born because he had ten fingers and ten toes. I cried before I even laid eyes on his 4-dimensional soul because the nurse discovered his heartbeat on the monitor moments before he was born via c-section. Unfortunately, I can't say that for my twin daughters, who I lost on their birthday. Once my anxiety subsided after hearing those sweet sounds of his beating heart amplify on the Doppler the pediatric nurse held, his mom and I cried hard. I was finally going to be a dad. When Nico was born at 6:45 P.M., I studied him and wondered if he looked like his mother or me. Actually, he looked like a larva wrapped in a blanket. Holding him in my arms is a moment I will never forget. Even now, at 9 years old, he is forever the larva in my arms, but now, he has more personality. The on...