"Mother isn't quite herself today." - Norman Bates, "Psycho"
I had been to Savannah once before - back in 2006 when Ashleigh and I made a pre-convention trip by bus to the historic town. Then we had a guided tour to some of the area’s more historic sites, followed by an independent ‘ghost’ tour. This time I was walking the streets with my cousin […]
I didn’t get to celebrate Ashleigh’s 18th birthday with her on March 21, 2008 because she was busy wrapping up her Myrtle Beach trip with Grandpa Murphy, Mom, Denise, Adam, and Derek. They had taken her out to eat at Damon’s to celebrate the occasion - but she didn’t get a cake. I knew it would […]
There was a lot of hullaballoo about this Easter being the earliest Easter since 1913 and the last since 2228 - the net of all that being that this was the earliest Easter we would ever see in our lifetimes. But the net of that was that I don’t think any of us were really ready […]
It is ironic that one of the worst child actors in the history of motion pictures - one Mickey Gubitosi - would grow up to be one of the most successful actors of all of the Our Gang kids. And notorious as well. My attempts at getting Robert Blake’s autograph through the mail began long […]
Even though Ed Asner is instantly recognizable and needs no introduction, the first thing I thought when I saw him while coming out of the restroom during the intermisson of the October 2, 2005 presentation of the reading of Casablanca was “wow, that guy waiting in line to get in the bathroom kind of looks like Ed Asner.” […]