I don’t remember much of being punished before my mom remarried. Just one time – we were living with my Grandma Harris – so this was post-divorce – and we had come home from something and I was all dressed up. It must have been early summer because the above-ground pool was set up and…
I grew up in Michigan. This meant that you never knew what kind of weather you were going to get for Halloween – clear and nippy, clear and freezing, rain, snow, you name it, Michigan has it. Therefore, you had to plan for an all-weather Halloween costume. Because no matter the weather, by God, you…
In high school, I was in the National Honor Society. I don’t remember when you were allowed to join, but I think it was Junior and Senior year – I may be hallucinating this though – it may have started in Sophomore year – but I don’t think so. You had to be nominated and…
For some reason, I’ve been thinking of my first apartment lately. It was awful, but I was so proud to have a place of my own. In an old house that had been divided into 4 apartments – mine was a 1 bedroom on the first floor, right off a freeway and in a somewhat…
I couldn’t think of anything much to write about today, so I am going to share one of my favorite memories from living in Los Angeles. Before the advent of our current days of pornographic abundancy, Los Angeles was sprinkled with Pussycat (movie) Theaters. The most well known one was on Hollywood Boulevard, which only…
Yup. I had mononucleosis when I was a kid – 6th grade, I believe. No I did not get the kissing disease from smooching. That much I am sure of. How I caught this particular creeping crud remains a mystery. I wasn’t feeling well on a Friday – I had a sore throat. But since…
My first job-job was at a fat lady clothing store called Nancy’s Place. I say, my first “job-job” because before that I had made some TV commercials for Nancy’s Place, but I was paid in clothing, not $$$. Which was fine with me, because I wanted clothes more than I wanted $$$. When Nancy’s Place…
