"Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" - Bluto, "Animal House"
The sad fact was that the trip on which Bob and I had embarked just one full week before had come nearly full-circle and was drawing to a close. We were in the heart of Washington D.C. at the busy Hotel Harrington when we awoke on Saturday morning, August 11. We had just one day left to try […]
Since my marriage had effectively ended not long before, I opted to forego holding Christmas Eve (or at least some portion of it) at my house for the first time since 1994. So we had a mess of places to visit and in addition I had my new girlfriend Carolyn’s family to contend with. As […]
November’s been good to me so far. I continue to spend enjoyable evenings watching movies and eating Jackie’s home-cooking, which I must say is outstanding. Too good, in fact, as I’ve packed on nearly five pounds. These must go before we get to the holidays. During the first weekend of the month, Jackie experimented with […]
The assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan by the loony John Hinckley on March 30, 1981 left quite an impression on me when it occurred. I remember Mark Staples knocking on our front door and delivering the news after school that Monday. I was a Jimmy Carter supporter in the last election (mainly because my parents […]
I was ecstatic when my friend and co-worker Mike Anderson came into work at the Beavercreek Kroger store sometime during April of 1995 to inform me that he had purchased the tickets for us to attend the upcoming Penn and Teller live show at the Fraze Pavillion. As I stood in the customer service booth on the […]