In my Junior year of high school I got the nickname “Papa Smurf” in chorus. We were on a trip to Washington D.C. to participate in a mass chorus thing called “America Sings”. I still have my “America Sings” sweatshirt hanging on the wall in my bedroom, bedecked with a variety of buttons and pins. … Continue reading $60®
Last weekend I wrote about buying a couple of bootleg CDs of concerts I attended long ago. And I shared some memories about seeing Paul McCartney at Denver’s Pepsi Center (now the not-Pepsi-anymore Center) in 2005. This weekend, I am back to review the other bootleg I purchased: July, 2012! Red Rocks! Beach Boys! Allllllllllllllllllll … Continue reading Fun, Fun, Fun
Ah, 1979. A memorable year. Saw “The Muppet Movie”. Had a 3-year-old brother to pal around with (and occasionally get into scraps with). Successfully completed the 1st Grade. Good times. When I was a kid my Dad, an IBEW lineman, frequently traveled to work assignments. Mom and I (and later brother Wook) held down the … Continue reading Spotty Memories: California Here We Come! 1979
You’ve heard of “unlucky in love”? I present to you, “unlucky in travel”: March 2017: Dangerous Dave and I plan to attend the Hollywood Collectors Show in Chicago, including an epic 50th anniversary reuion of the “Batman” TV series cast. Trip aborted due to winter storm. Flights canceled. Winter 2019: Planned trip to Los Angeles. … Continue reading Looking for Vacation: A Hallmark Channel Original Movie
Well, my birthday is six days away but I just got the best present ever. (I mean, there’s still time. You could knock my socks off with like, a big bag of Tootsie Rolls or something.) When Disney Plus launched I wrote a blog about it, and mentioned in passing the presence of a few … Continue reading “Muppet Show”? 30 Days Till Curtain “Muppet Show”!
I have quite a few friends who are incredibly adept at pushing my buttons. Last night one of them posted the following video and suggested it’s making a drug reference. I don’t know why, but for some reason people finding untoward things where they do not exist really irritates the hell out of me. So … Continue reading “Street” Rage
I just got off the phone with Pappy Wentworth. Aka “Big Dave.” I had been chatting with my sister Johanna about the likelihood of my not traveling home for Christmas this year. But talking to Dad about it, and hearing him agree that this was not a good year to do it, put a finality … Continue reading Home For The Holiday (Easter Perhaps. Or Memorial Day.)
This little tradition started on MySpace, was transitioned to Facebook, and now rests on the ol’ blog. The first year I did this I was 33 years old, so I wrote 33 things for which I was thankful. I’ve added one new thing each year, and this year’s is at the bottom. A lot changes … Continue reading The Thanks Giving, 2020
It’s Friday night and I am not board-opping a football game! (Hemingford’s season came to an end yesterday so I am out of the button-monkey business until next season, or until some unforeseen technical imbruglio pulls me back to the console.) So tonight I am getting friendly with my new laptop. In 2011 (or possibly … Continue reading New Laptop!
Dear Jason Patrick, Here is the story of how your Uncle Wenty and your Uncle Kalin went to see your Dad and Mom get married. (Kalin and I aren’t really your uncles, and we aren’t really brothers. But I love Kalin like a brother, and we fight like brothers, so it’s close enough.) I have … Continue reading The Wedding of Pat and Courtney, as Told By The Best Man
