The Terrible Catsafterme

I had seen a few fireworks on the way home from Jacob and Lauren’s wedding the night before, but that would be pretty much it for the traditional Independence Day proceedings. For starters, Saturday, July 4, was cold and dreary and even rainy. I had had Friday off of work, but I actually had to go in for three hours on Saturday morning to answer phones and report sales. Luck of the holiday draw. But besides not getting a lot of sleep following the wedding, it wasn’t really a big deal. Read the rest of this entry »

As I continue to check off my list of meeting cast members from the original Star Trek series, Walter Koenig, who portrayed Pavel Chekov, was the most recent in my short list of encounters. Although my first two meetings (with George Takei and Leonard Nimoy) fall into the category of ‘chance encounters,’ the one with Mr. Koenig was hardly out of this world. He was appearing, along with a host of other celebs, including some from more recent incarnations of Star Trek, at the Chiller Theatre show on Saturday, April 18, 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

My cousin Jacob and his apparently-permanent gal pal Lauren decided to get hitched and they opted to do it on Friday, July 3, 2009. This worked out just fine for me as we surprisingly had the day off work for the upcoming Independence Day holiday. So I spent the morning working on the website, laying out in the sun, and then getting ready for this affair. They were scheduled to be shackled at Polen Farms (the site of my personal wedding reception #2) at 4:30pm in a lovely outdoor ceremony. Ashleigh and I stopped at Kroger to pick up a card, promptly forgot to bring along my camera, called Mom to make sure she had hers for me to use, and were on our way. Read the rest of this entry »

After we left Charles Town and our awesome visit with Frank Buckles, Bob and I made the only decision of the entire trip that I regret. We had thought that this trip might have a John Brown theme much as our Virginia trip had had somewhat of a Stonewall Jackson theme, so an obvious choice of locations to visit was Harpers Ferry – most noted for the federal arsenal raid by abolitionist John Brown in 1859. However since we were  a little behind schedule after just one day’s worth of travel, we decided to skip it. Only later did we realize that we probably would have been okay on time. Read the rest of this entry »

I am a Twilight Zone nut. Yes, I know…I am a nut about many things, but The Twilight Zone is one of my all-time favorites. I know, I have many all-time favorites. But we’re getting off the track here. Although my collection has never really advanced much along these lines, I had hoped to collect autographs from anyone I encountered who had starred in an episode of this great anthology series of the early 60′s. It is particularly nice to obtain such a signature on a photograph actually from the show. Read the rest of this entry »