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There were two specific girls who I knew during my Junior year at Beavercreek High School. Both attractive, both blond, both with good senses of humor. I had no idea at the time that they even knew one another. Angie Crowder was in my American History class with Mr. Holliday and Jennifer Grimes was in my Math class with Mrs. Boff. As you might suspect, I liked to tease girls back in high school. Actually I did that well before high school…and well after. But nevertheless, I liked to tease them. Angie, I quickly found, was one girl who liked to tease back. Read the rest of this entry »

Continuing on with the final two Mouseketeers who were party of the Mickey Mouse Club reunion at the Saturday, April 24, 2010, Hollywood Show in Burbank… The first of these was the adorable Karen Pendleton. She was one of the nine original Mouseketeers who would be part of the show from 1955-58, spanning its entire three-year run. She would then go on to tour Australia for the next two years with other Mouseketeers and Head Mouseketeer Jimmie Dodd. Read the rest of this entry »

It had been going on three years since I had last been to Walt Disney World, so a return visit was long overdue. I had booked us a room at the Pop Century Resort on the Disney property, and I was ready to get moving bright and early. However, I had learned that Erin and her kids weren’t exactly morning people, so we didn’t board our free shuttle until about 11am. This was actually the earliest we would get started of any of the four Disney days. Of course, we had eaten some early lunch back in the room, so this actually wasn’t too bad of a start. And even though it was smack in the middle of summer, this was actually a great day at the Magic Kingdom – and the fact that they were staying open until midnight for guests of the Disney resorts helped us to ride nearly every ride in the park. Read the rest of this entry »

After Bob and I finished checking out the Mission Dolores on the morning of Tuesday, June 15, 2010, we had just two more brief stops to see a few celebrity graves before departing San Francisco and its suburbs and heading inland. Well, that and an additional quick stop at Royal Donuts for a filling ham and cheese croissant, which we got out of the way first. By the time we got to our first cemetery, it was about 10:45. Actually buried in the city of Colma at the Holy Cross Cemetery was baseball Hall of Famer, former Yankee, and once Mr. Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio. A bat that a fan had left at the site provided a ready photo prop. Read the rest of this entry »

After Jimmy and Ellen’s wedding ceremony on the afternoon of Saturday, May 1, 2010, the party moved on to the Renaissance Long Beach Hotel for the reception. While Jimmy and Ellen were off getting some pictures taken with the wedding party, everyone settled in to tastefully decorated banquet room. There were plenty of great hors d’oeuvres and even better, an open bar with plenty of wine. We had a nice big table with Bob, Kathy, John & Melinda, Lois & Cassidy, Rick & Patty, and Erin & me. Read the rest of this entry »