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Archive for October, 2007

Curly-Joe and the Comic Books

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Every once in a while, I came up with a swell idea. Here’s one of them: I had purchased a half-dozen Three Stooges comic books that were distributed by Gold Key in the mid-to-late 1960’s. I’m not sure where exactly I picked them up, but if I had to guess, I’d say I found them […]

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James Monroe and Me

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Our fifth American President James Monroe served the country from 1817 to 1825. A good friend and student of Thomas Jefferson, Monroe had also served as Secretary of War and Secretary of State during the War of 1812. He is the author of the famous Monroe Doctrine, in which he forbid European powers from interfering […]

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Early Days with Carolyn

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

After our little gathering following the wedding of my cousin Susan and her brother Charles on October 21, 2000, it took me a week or so to decide how best to pursue Carolyn (seen with me at right in our very first picture together - taken at my Dad’s wedding). Simply put, it was a […]

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Disney World ‘07: Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

After leaving Plains, the ride to Kissimmee was uneventful. Mom, Bob, Ashleigh, and I had stayed longer in Plains than Denise, Aaron, and Adam, so they were quite a ways ahead of us. We arrived at the Pop Century Resort in the early evening. We were glad to be there even though there was (naturally) […]

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The Our Gang Reunion at Hollywood ‘80

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Standing: Buckwheat Thomas, Edith Fellows, Pineapple Jackson, Marvin “Bubbles” Trin, Sidney “Woim” Kibrick, Joe Cobb, fan Bob Satterfield, “Sunshine Sammy” Morrison, Leonard Landy, Spanky McFarland, “Butch” Bond, Delmar Watson, “Butch” Bond Jr. - Front row: fan Armand Lewis, Dorothy “Echo” Deborba, Verna Kornman, Peggy Ahern, Mildred Kornman, fan Dick Bann, fan Earl Kress
Dad didn’t make […]

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