"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son" - Dean Wermer, "Animal House"
Continuing with Ashleigh’s and my Georgia trip in July, 2006… It soon became apparent to us that it was not the wisest of moves to take the pre-convention trip on Monday, July 10. If you remember, we had left Plains on Sunday afternoon, drove to Warm Springs, and then made the lengthy jaunt across Georgia to Augusta…only to get up early the next morning to get on a bus and drive all the way back to Plains! Read the rest of this entry »
Ah, yes I remember it fondly. And before you mention it, yes, I am old enough to have baby pictures taken in black and white. After a lengthy four-day stay – by today’s standards – in the hospital following my birth, I was taken home. Read the rest of this entry »
After leaving Plains this past summer, Ashleigh, Bob, and I made our way to northwest Georgia to visit the Little White House in Warm Springs. This house was built for Franklin Roosevelt in 1932 after he had come to this town to experience the naturally warm flowing waters that were soothing to his polio-stricken body. He enjoyed it so much here that he often visited it as a retreat during his Presidency. Read the rest of this entry »
Continuing with my diary from 1980:
January 16: After school we went to the Library and got a “Our Gang” book.
–I don’t even need to mention how significant this is. My interest in Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang was not only flourishing at this point, but I was actually reading research material on them at the age of eight! Read the rest of this entry »