This morning I had breakfast with my cousin Andrew Miller at Brickway on Wickenden when he told me about his vacation to New York City the other weekend.  It was as good a time as you can have with two little kids.  One incident in particular really brought Miller and his first-grader daughter, Sydney, together. 

“He looked just like Papa Smurf,” Miller said.  “I looked over and there was this guy with a big white beard and he was blue.  Really blue.” 

Miller pointed out the colorful character to his daughter who asked, “Daddy, why is he blue?”

“I don’t know, Sydney.”  But Miller wondered if his brilliant hue had to do with enthusiasm for the New York Giants.  Then again, there is no telling why someone would be as blue as Violet Beauregarde in a place like New York.

Miller generally does not like to encourage starring by his children, but it proved particularly wise in hindsight when, as he was getting dressed for work, he saw the man on NBC’s Today Show talking about his condition.  Apparently he claims his skin turned blue after self-medicating himself with colloidal silver.  Thank goodness for TiVo or the kids wouldn’t have gotten to school on time.

Furthermore, God bless father-daughter bonding over another man’s blues.

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