"Do you enjoy throwing up every five minutes, Claude?" -Aunt Edna, "National Lampoon's Vacation"
Although my acting career has been brief, relegated to one college comedy film and a failed local TV pilot filmed in Dayton…well, and also my most recent Kroger instructional video, it actually began way back in the Fall of 1975 with a little three minute opus called “Brad’s Magic.” The project was a joint effort […]
My first birthday was October 2, 1972. I guess there was quite a fuss made. In fact, the folks had two different birthday parties for me at our house on John Glenn - the first with my Mom’s family and the second with my Dad’s family. Since my birthday fell on a Monday, I have […]
Most likely because this was our first Christmas with Denise, my parents decided to take over the duties of hosting Christmas Eve. For the previous six years of my parents’ marriage and the first five years of my life, it had been held at Carl and Arline’s house, but now the torch was passed on […]
Just so Denise doesn’t get too cocky in thinking that she is much younger than me, this proves that there existed black and white snapshots of her as a baby as well. As we got ready for the holiday season - her first one ever - I spent my time out in the snow with […]
It wasn’t too long after our cat Laddy ran away sometime between 1975 and ‘76 that a new stray kitten ingratiated himself to us and merged his little self into our household. My Dad gave him the moniker Charcoal simply because he was solid gray…charcoal gray. I had established a fondness for kitties at a young age, and I […]