The Terrible Catsafterme

Following my 20 year class reunion, excitement ceased for a great while. I had been doing a lot of traveling and having fun, spending great times with Erin, seeing the world, meeting celebrities, eating my way through the restaurants of America, and spending money like water. But once we hit the dog days of summer, it all came to a crashing halt. Worse yet, it became all-too- clear that a long-distance relationship wasn’t going to work. Erin and I were a great match for the times that we were together, but by August 1, we had decided that the distance and circumstances were going to mean that we would have to call it quits. I still haven’t quite been able to reconcile that one. Read the rest of this entry »

For many years, the name Richard Nixon brought cringes to the faces of the American people. His claim to fame among the presidents was the fact that he was the only United States President to resign from office after the scandalous Watergate break-in, which it was proven that he had knowledge of and that he participated in a cover-up of. It is, however, unlikely that he ever ended his sentences as poorly as that last one, what with two prepositions and all. But back on the subject, it should be remembered that our nations 37th leader had some good points too. Read the rest of this entry »

Those with razor sharp memories might recall my mention of “Billy O. Crop” in a long-ago posting detailing entries in my 1980 diary. Others actually have lives. Either way, the references to this made-up character came right smack in the middle of my second grade year, where my friend Lee Ballinger and I would pretend to be fictional characters Billy O. Crop and Fred R. Floyd, and ‘act out’ what would amount to the childish equivalent of a two-reel comedy…without the cameras. But the genesis of Billy O. Crop didn’t come from Lee. It came with another great friend from my second grade class named Mike Ross. Read the rest of this entry »

It was within the past couple of years that I was watching Better Off Dead and became intrigued by the adorable girl who played foreign exchange student Monique. Ah, Monique. But anyway, I actually went to the effort of looking her up on Wikipedia, wondering whatever had become of her – and mostly was curious as to whether she was still smokin’ hot in her mid-40’s. On Saturday, April 24, I got my answer. But I nearly bypassed my opportunity to get an autograph and photo with her. Read the rest of this entry »