Archive for 2008
Protected: A Very Short Trip to Pigeon Forge in 2005
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Protected: Christi’s Senior Prom 1991
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Charcoal
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
It wasn’t too long after our cat Laddy ran away sometime between 1975 and ’76 that a new stray kitten ingratiated himself to us and merged his little self into our household. My Dad gave him the moniker Charcoal simply because he was solid gray…charcoal gray. I had established a fondness for kitties at a young age, and I fell in love with this little guy right off the bat. We decided to keep him as an outdoor cat that would occasionally come inside.
Eddie Quillan 1980
Monday, January 21st, 2008
Eddie Quillan (seen at right with comedy producer Mack Sennett) had a long and distinguished film and TV career, playing more than 200 roles from the golden age of slapstick to the late 1980’s. My interest in Mr. Quillan – as you might suspect – was due to the role he played in the 1934 all-star feature Hollywood Party. You might even say he was the ‘leading man’ among the sea of comedians, including Laurel and Hardy, Jimmy Durante, and the Three Stooges among others. Read the rest of this entry »