LIFE ON THE ROAD, FAMILY, FRIENDS, FAVORITE PLACES,
FAVORITE "STUFF"
"I know you're in your office, Webmaster! Sally hasn't
come in and we need help covering her tables...Hey, I hear something
in there...Sally?...is that you? What's going on
in there?"
This little sub-site will consist mostly of photos and just a
little text to explain what the photos are about. I spend a lot of
time on the road, and sometimes flying, to various places in the
course of earning a living. I've made a lot of friends over those
years and have seen a lot of interesting places. This place is here
just to let you see something about what actual, as opposed to
virtual, life is all about. I'll take you to San Diego to meet a
husband and wife pedicab team. In fact, they met, and fell in love,
as pedicab drivers in San Diego. I'll show you my hometown, Oil City,
and maybe the place where I was raised. We'll go to Philadelphia,
Virginia, San Francisco, Erie for a minor league baseball game, and
other interesting places. You'll see photos of friends and family.
I'll show you my father in World War II, my mother in 1940 in the
Birmingham, Alabama train station, and in their later years. Ever
hear of a "Tom Thumb Wedding?" I was in one, but luckily my "wife"
was taller than me, so you won't see my face in the photo! My Uncle
Henry was on two billboards and you'll see them, too. There are many
things in life, and I want to show some of them to you, too. I
reserve the right to add more over time, too!
Sometimes, people have to travel a lot on their jobs. Mary
Stuart Masterson does when shooting or promoting a film or television
production. Maybe we both have the same motto:
"You have to go anyway, so why complain about it?"
My cousin, Nancy Collette, and her husband David, an
expert at the restoration of vintage Ford roadsters, invited scores
of rare/vintage car owners to a picnic in July 2009.
Just some pictures of my parents when they were younger,
and in the later years. One of my uncles was on two billboards, and
those pictures are here, too.
Ever been in a "Tom Thumb Wedding" when you were a kid?
Got a picture of one I was in, but you won't see me because my "wife"
was taller than me!
There's a page for the Smallest City in the USA, the place
where I grew up.
Because I graduated from college in a bad recession (Yeah, we had
those in the "Olden Days!" I lived through about four of them.) I've
lived and worked in a lot of different places. Some were nice, and
some were like GI billets in World War II. I won't show those! Some
were nice enough, or at least became familiar enough, to rate
nicknames like "China Beach," "Base Camp Garland," "Old Baldy," "The
Seabiscuit Hilton," "The Hobbit Hole," "The AARP Terrace," and
"Bastogne."
The release of Woody Harrelson's Zombieland made me
remember how my home area in Western Pennsylvania was the real
birthplace of the modern zombie movie with George Romero's Night
of the Living Dead. If you like zombies, and banjo music, this is
the page for you.
Well, there's Big Band Music, favorite movies, books,
television shows, church signs, and other "stuff."
BULLETIN BOARD: WHAT'S BREWING IN THE BACK OFFICE
A new Gravesite
was found dedicated to the old television show Beverly Hills,
90210.
Two more
photos of church signs were found from an old camera to be added to
the Church Signs page.
I'll let it slide this time, but from now on, no monkey
business during the dinner hour!"
"Dear Lord, Heavenly Father, You who know all
things, we face again a mighty foe, a vast host, an enemy more than
twice our number, but You taught us to fear not
and trust in you.
"When the Philistines came before them, the people
of Israel feared the giant Goliath. Their army was in terror. No one
had the courage to stand against the mighty warrior.
Then you brought forth David, a mere boy, and Saul
armed David with his armor, and he put a helmet of brass upon his
head. Also, he armed him with a coat of mail. And David girded his
sword
A new Gravesite
was found dedicated to the old television show Beverly Hills,
90210.
