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Sperm Donor Father Ends His Anonymity (And You Won't Believe What He Is Doing Now)
NY Times ^ | 14 February 2007 | Amy Harmon

Posted on 02/15/2007 3:30:45 AM PST by shrinkermd

...Mr. Harrison had been thinking about getting in touch since reading in an article in The New York Times 15 months ago that two teenagers whose mothers had used his sperm to conceive were looking for him. The headline, “Hello, I’m Your Sister, Our Father Is Donor 150,” made him choke on his coffee, said Mr. Harrison, who made $400 a month donating sperm under that number twice-weekly during the late 1980s.

...Once one of the sperm bank’s most-requested donors, with a profile that described him as 6 foot and blue-eyed with interests in philosophy, music and drama, Mr. Harrison, 50, lives with his four dogs in a recreational vehicle near the Venice section of Los Angeles.

“I make a meager living,” Mr. Harrison said, taking care of dogs and doing other odd jobs.

Still, he said he thought he could explain to the girls why he had taken an unconventional life-path. Their grandfather was an Ivy League-educated retired financial executive, he would tell them; their grandmother was a former volunteer president for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: attributes; spermdonor
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To: 68 grunt

LOL! I was noticing that. And it seems oddly muscular.


41 posted on 02/15/2007 7:16:06 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: shrinkermd

Huh? -- "I got to talk to his dogs."


42 posted on 02/15/2007 7:18:50 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL ( **Hunter-Tancredo-Weldon-Hayworth 4 President**)
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To: 68 grunt

On closer inspection, it almost looks like his hand is burned and he's missing his fingers at the last knuckle.


43 posted on 02/15/2007 7:18:53 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: rabidralph
On closer inspection, it almost looks like his hand is burned and he's missing his fingers at the last knuckle.

Which answers the age old question, "Do you smoke after sex?"

44 posted on 02/15/2007 7:21:17 AM PST by johniegrad
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To: shrinkermd

Still, he was able to turn his hobby into a career.


45 posted on 02/15/2007 7:21:49 AM PST by MediaMole (9/11 - We have already forgotten.)
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To: MediaMole
"Still, he was able to turn his hobby into a career."

From the look of his left hand, he may be able to file for worker's comp for job induced carpal tunnel.


46 posted on 02/15/2007 7:25:16 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Voted Free Republic's Most Eligible Bachelor: 2006. Love them Diebold machines.)
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To: shrinkermd

The prodigal son (father?) has been with us forever, more often freeborn into wealth or position than not.


47 posted on 02/15/2007 7:28:37 AM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: shrinkermd

LOL!!!

Serves them right!


48 posted on 02/15/2007 7:30:28 AM PST by ryan71 (You can hear it on the coconut telegraph...)
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To: Ditter

Venice (California) is a man-made canal area, an immigrant's dream; look up the history, it's rather fascinating.


49 posted on 02/15/2007 7:30:34 AM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: shrinkermd


Is he blind?


50 posted on 02/15/2007 7:45:00 AM PST by kalee (No burka for me....EVER!)
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To: grey_whiskers

LOL, my first thought was OMG, he looks just like Alan Colmes...poor girls.


51 posted on 02/15/2007 8:00:19 AM PST by greyfoxx39 (Just remember, fully HALF of the people you encounter in life are below average.)
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To: seemoAR

Since this guy has no job, and apparently no assets to speak of, he isn't worried about being sued for support or inheritance rights. Other donors should think twice.


52 posted on 02/15/2007 9:00:58 AM PST by joylyn
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To: kalee

I was wondering just how much hair he had on his PALMS!

later,ldf


53 posted on 02/15/2007 9:41:46 AM PST by laterldf
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To: fieldmarshaldj

ROFL. He was a real artisan of the craft.


54 posted on 02/15/2007 9:44:41 AM PST by kenth (I wish compassionate conservatives were more compassionate to conservatism.)
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To: kenth

He was very qualified in that he could donate with either hand; hence, he must have been ambidextrous!


55 posted on 02/15/2007 9:46:17 AM PST by laterldf
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To: dayglored; babble-on
"Still a millionaire? (Yeah, I'd be, too...)"

Interestingly, there'd probably be a lot of people around here making money as they Freeped away. Come to think of it, that'd be a nice way to end those Freep-a-thons.

56 posted on 02/15/2007 9:54:04 AM PST by cdbull23 ("If it's brown, drink it down. If it's black, send it back." - Homer on what's good to drink.)
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To: kalee

I'm not sure if he's blind, but I understand he knitted the sweater after shaving his palms every month.


57 posted on 02/15/2007 10:33:02 AM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: SIDENET
#19: Here's a picture of him and his daughter from the article.

Look at the guy's left hand.
Looks like he really worked it a lot.
Someone oughta Photoshop that shot. LOL.

58 posted on 02/15/2007 11:45:08 AM PST by XR7
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To: XR7

But he said he was 6' tall and blonde.

Can you lie on your donor card?

You can lie on match.com but it seems unethical to lie to the sperm bank.


59 posted on 02/15/2007 11:54:48 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: XR7

A couple of other people mentioned that, too. LOL.


60 posted on 02/15/2007 3:11:07 PM PST by SIDENET (No votes for RINOs.)
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