The Story Continues |
With only the directions "head south on 1" I took off out of Dover (and my first NASCAR signing event) and made my way to Rehoboth. I came up over the Indian River Inlet bridge and slowed to see if th...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:45:00 GMT |
My Celebrity Moment in the Sun |
While I don't bring it up at PTA meetings, my real job is drawing all those Big Johnson shirts you saw everywhere in the 90's. If it does come up I get one of 3 responses: "Man, I loved those shirts",...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:20:00 GMT |
Thank You, Brian Wilson |
There came a moment in the summer of '68 that would be the turning point of my entire life. I was only 10 at the time but I remember it like it was yesterday. Unlike previous summers, my family had de...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:06:00 GMT |
The Prodigal Roommate |
Life...I realize at my age...is far too short to hold a grudge.A while back I was shocked, and at the same time, not surprised when my old roomie and surf pal Bruce Silvano emailed me. Bruce was...and...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:52:00 GMT |
The Road(trip) Less Traveled |
Dean and I spent 2 weeks driving from OC to Ft. Lauderdale in a Chevy van crammed with surfboards and doritos. We left OC on a rainy October day and headed south. It had been a particularly warm fall ...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:21:00 GMT |
The Drunk Ghosts of OC Past |
There used to be a dive called BILLY's on 143rd street in North OC. I loved that place when I lived there. It was the site of my initiation into beach life my very first summer as a guard. My crew was...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:14:00 GMT |
The First Day |
I had just passed the lifeguard test in OC a day before and it had been the hardest thing I'd ever done in my whole life...at least physically. We had swum in cold water all morning (59 degrees...it w...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:42:00 GMT |
The Fine Use of Bedsheets |
I learned a valuable life lesson one week in OC: take things as they come and you'll be happier for it.Here's what happened. It was announced that Otis Day and the Knights were going to be playing at...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT |
Painting the Tuna Boat |
When you guard in OC you have a day and a half off each week. As roommates working on different crews, we'd all try to line up our days off to coincide, so we could cause some sort of mayhem. The only...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:24:00 GMT |
I forgive you, Batman |
I was going through some old magazines when I came across an early issue of Barracuda. The cover sported a Betty Page lookalike in front of the original Batmobile (from the 60' TV show). It triggered ...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:45:00 GMT |
