At work in the hot sun

A nice view down the Housatonic River toward Long Island Sound

You look so much like my cousin, Mike, it makes me feel comfortable. We were buds when we were kids, but he got hit a lot for talking for me. I never talked. He talked all the time, constantly, I think. If he answered questions for me though, he got smacked after we got a l;ittle older.
I began to chatter like he did, when I was about four, to keep him from getting hit.
I got hit for not making eye contact when I talked. Can't win.