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This Is When A Man Is Ready To Be A Father

And not a moment sooner.

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Mike Norton
Jul 26, 2025
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His name was Doom.

…seriously.

No, it wasn’t a nickname. His literal last name was Doom. His first name was Ziggy.

And he was a reverend.

Reverend Ziggy Doom was his actual, legal name.

Preferred to be called Reverend Doom.

Though, I don’t remember what his birth name was.

He legally changed it to that, and became an actual registered reverend as a joke.

A deliberate slight against Christianity—because he was actually a Satanist.

And I’ll tell you…this man…was a true Naval stereotype.

What I’m about to tell you is a true story.

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