"Hey, I'm smokin' in any jacket." - Sam Malone, "Cheers"
Naturally, Christi and I were not looking our best for these Polaroid snapshots taken with Ashleigh on March 22, 1990 at 5:30 pm. I believe I had returned to school that day proudly wearing my “Our New Baby” button and then anxiously returned to the hospital afterward.
The early 1970′s postings are easy because they are just photos and events that were reported to me as having occurred. When you get into this era, it is a challenge to actually dig deep enough to find these memories. When exactly do your memories begin? All of the sudden you just are. Time is tricky enough, then when you mix in your memories that are stored in your imperfect brain, it’s hard to determine what is real and true.
On the latest front page of Leonard Maltin’s website Movie Crazy , he has given our “Wax Apple” website a mini-review and referral. I’ve only met Leonard once, but he has sent me a couple of letters expressing his liking of my Sons of the Desert newsletter Dante’s Info – along with an autographed photo or two. Read the rest of this entry »
The best thing to ever enter into my life happened on Wednesday morning, March 21, 1990.
From the beginning of 1990 until Ashleigh’s birth, Christi and I understandably spent nearly all of our waking moments together. We were thrown a shower by my church, we shopped for baby clothes, we took Preparation for Childbirth classes at Kettering Medical Center (completed 2-13-90), celebrated Valentine’s Day, our one-year anniversary at Traditions restaurant (3/2), and reported for doctor appointments – and of course, we attended high school. Christi and I even volunteered in the library together aiding Mrs. Berger in sixth period up until January 12th when the semester changed. Read the rest of this entry »
Yesterday I opened the mailbox and was greeted with a large yellow package. These are always fun. I shredded the envelope and got stuffing all over the floor, but after that catastrophe was cleaned up, I slid out the new book by Bob Newhart, “I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This! (and Other Things That Strike Me as Funny)”
Newhart is one of my idols. His arid sense of humor and timing have been the source of a tremendous deal of laughter in my family. I have an extensive video collection of all four of his television series “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Newhart,” “Bob,” and “George and Leo.” Although I have never had the chance to meet him, he has signed a few autographs for me through the mail (one is pictured at bottom). Read the rest of this entry »