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Kids’ stuff from the 80s
Fisher Price tape recorder: Small, tan, portable, and practically destruction-proof! The Police’s Synchronicity was the very first album that I owned on cassette tape. I used to listen to it at night...
View ArticleLove Lou, Verene, & Mickie
Grandma lived on Johnson Point, a little peninsula of land north of Olympia. All the waterfront houses sat on a bank high above a rocky beach, with about 5 acres or so of woods behind them. It was a...
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This Old Scan II… with Bonus "Remember When" List!
Kathryn and I graduated college in 1994. I found a “remember when” list online for the Class of ’97 Reunion last year, and while they don’t ALL apply to me and Kat, most of them are close enough. It...
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This Old Scan
Part one in my multi-part interactive online artwork series, cleverly entitled Random Stuff That I’ve Scanned From Old Boxes Of Papers And Photos. The interactive part comes in when you leave comments....
View ArticleWords of Wisdom
Unearthed last night, a list of things that my friends and I apparently thought were hilarious or poignant when we were 16 or so years old. Prismism rules!It’s worse than that, it’s physics, Jim.Don’t...
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A proper tribute to Mr. Gygax
In which I out myself as a complete and total nerd: As I mentioned two posts ago, I was saddened to learn that Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons and Dragons, failed his saving throw vs. death on...
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R.I.P. Gary Gygax
The word around the internets is that Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons, passed away this morning. I spent much of my teenage years happily immersed in D&D. I can’t tell you how many...
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The most luxurious 2-screener in the southwest!
I found an old advertisement for the opening of the UA Cine theatre! I didn’t realize that it opened in 1968. For some reason it seemed older.
View ArticleFirsts
Everyone has a lot of “firsts” in their lives. The ones I’m thinking of here are the milestones on your journey to becoming an adult, the ones that made you suddenly feel like you grew a foot taller,...
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Memories of Washington
I mentioned in a previous post from my recent vacation that I saw one of my cousins for the first time in years, and initially thought that his becoming a father had mellowed his angry energy. As it...
View ArticleMemories to come…
I’m writing about some memories of my Grandma and her house and my cousins and some wonderful times when we were kids. However, it’s turning into a short novel so I need some more time to write. Stay...
View ArticleMy Hovercraft is Full of Eels
MY HOVERCRAFT IS FULL OF EELS! And my nipples are exploding with delight! Haven’t thought about that in YEARS! Ahh, the good old days when I could watch Monty Python’s Flying Circus and The Young Ones...
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