“A Strange Turn of Events.” Part 3
My Adventures and Brief Brush with Fame in Community Theater continued… Ok, back to where I left off. My Esposa Numero Uno and I got back to California in the late Summer of 1995. I had been adamant that we find a place in Marin County since it always seemed so pleasant there. After living…
They Called Him Assh*le! A Savage Feline Tale about One Mean Cat! Part 2
Sometimes pets would disappear from our apartment complex. Asshole would leave our apartment at night to go “Hunting.” Later we would hear some piteous howl coming from some where in the complex. Asshole would return looking even fatter, whereupon he’d sleep most of the day lying in the Sun…”Digesting” we thought. A few days later…
HITCHHIKIN’ BLUES AND THE USMC
Introduction Chicanery comes in many forms. The worst form of it in my humble opinion is “The Omission of the Truth!Someone tells you something or offers you a “deal” and neglects to include pertinent information that would form your opinion. Perhaps they don’t want to hurt Your feelings, perhaps the Car Dealer doesn’t want you to know…
1974 SADIE HAWKINS DANCE “CHUCK” THE HEARTBREAKER! Part 1
Chuck Who?…” Jacky Schwartz. Cheer Leader, Honor Student. Farmstead High School. Class of 1977. “Chuck Bucklin? No, I don’t remember dating a Boy named Chuck in High School. But what a Funny Name though.” Christy Hines. Song Girl Captain, President of Debate Club. Farmstead High School. Class of 1977. Introduction A 1974 Sadie Hawkins Dance in High…
“Huckleberry Charlie.” I Run Away from Home!
Introduction How I runway from home in Los Gatos – 1963. Emulating my Boyhood Heroes – Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. The Story as I remember it… My Mom for all her faults gave me the gift of reading. At an early age I was devouring books by the pile because of her. So Thank You…
The Trouble with Sergeants
Introduction: OK. I insulted him. I mean really? “Can’t a guy take a f*cking joke?!” I thought as drove my Ford Mustang Mach 1 back to base at Camp Pendleton. The STORY – As I Remember it This is what I was thinking years ago when I was a PFC in the Marine Corps and Sgt.…