Laddy
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
As far as my memory is concerned, Laddy was my first cat. Although we had a fleeting association with another feline, who remained nameless, at our home on John Glenn Road, I have no memory of any cat before Laddy. We’re not quite sure who named Laddy, but I suspect it was my Dad. He was a stray cat that initially hung out across the street at the Ferrenberg’s house, but one he started roaming over to our neck of the woods, we offered him some food, and Brenda Ferrenberg offered him to us. Read the rest of this entry »
It seems as though when you needed a relatively large, menacing man – particularly an Australian one – with a mohawk during the 1980s, casting directors needed to look no further than Vernon Wells. His most notable role was that of Wez in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. But my favorite film in which he appeared was Weird Science – which in essence was in a role that was merely spoofing the Mad Max part. He led the bikers who invaded Wyatt and Gary’s party and delivers the classic quote “You two can’t even take a shower with a beautiful woman without wearing your jeans!!”
After I had returned from my fabulous 2005 California trip, it was quickly back to business as usual as I returned to work on Monday, October 10. That following weekend, my A-Haunting We Will Go Tent held the third annual Charley Chase-a-Thon meeting at the Habitat Party House (hosted by Larry Smith and Jenny Paxson), showing a great array of Chase’s short subject films both sound and silent. I always enjoyed paying tribute to Chase during our four such tributes from 2003-2006. 
After the rapid-paced pre-Convention activities at Walt Disney World, Mom, Denise, John Poe, Lisa, and I were ready to depart on our cruise out of Miami, which was doubling as the 10th International Convention of the Sons of the Desert. After taking a bus from Orlando to Miami, we boarded the afternoon of Monday, July 15, 1996. The first order of business was a lifeboat/life-vest drill and then we set sail at around 4pm. 