"Dad prefers a number two pencil, while I prefer a two and a half." - Bill Williams Jr., "It's Your Move"
I wasn’t overly-ecstatic to meet Carla Laemmle on October 1, 2005 at the Hollywood Collectors Show. I didn’t even recognize her name…although I should have. She was the niece of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle, so there should have been some name recognition. But I was a bit impressed that she had appeared - albeit […]
Mom, Bob, Briana, and I headed out for another over-nighter at Diana and Tom’s cabin at Indian Lake on Saturday morning August 18. This gathering was a family Summer picnic, so there were a lot more people enjoying the festivities than during our last visit. Christi and Creed had planned to make this trek as well, […]
At left and below is a series of shots from the classic horror flick The Exorcist. Truth be told, I hadn’t seen the film in a long, long time (yet I naturally will never forget many aspects of it - like the tried-and-true projectile vomiting scene, for instance). But because it had been so long, I […]
I had no appreciation really for who Peggy Ahern was when I met her at the Hollywood ‘80 convention, but was eager to have any of the former-child stars whom I encountered sign my little blue autograph book. Later I found out exactly who Peggy was…one of the short-term leading ladies of the Our Gang […]
I slowly began to re-submerge myself in the hobby of autograph collecting around the holiday season of 1985. Like most things I have been interested in my life, my great desire was to share these hobbies with other people, even if it meant forcing it down their throats. Clearly my best friend at that time was Jeff […]