Funny Darin Anderso(n)
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
When I first met Darin Anderson, he reminded me of one of those guys from the fifties boys series fiction books, like one of the Hardy Boys maybe. He was straight-laced, lean, fit, and athletic – and he greatly enjoyed the outdoors: exploring, hiking, sporting, you name it. It was fitting that we first met at Camp Woodland Altars at the Eco Adventures camp the week of July 14-20, 1985. I, on the other hand, was un-athletic, chubby, and had the world’s most warped sense of humor. This somehow appealed to Darin who recalled recently that I had “a unique and off-kilter view of the world.” That was really all it took for me to latch on to someone – they had to understand and appreciate that. In the picture from 1985 above, I am trying to make an Ed Grimley face – just for the record. Read the rest of this entry »
Tim White came along a couple of years or so after I was hired at the Beavercreek Kroger in May of ’89. He was in the ‘next generation’ of the bagger elite. I was hesitant to include him in our ‘ranks’ – that of Jon, Larry, James, and me, mostly due to my own pigheadedness. But I soon learned that Tim was a very nice and funny guy, who in turn enjoyed my sense of humor. He liked the nicknames I came up with for the other employees and customers – and he really appreciated anything that could get Jon riled up. Jon never grew tired of saying how angry he was at “that Tim White!”