Thursday, September 25, 2008
This was one of the crazier cats I grew up with in the Hollywood Hills. She was named Mad Carew, a perfect description as well as a catchy moniker. Is she using keen powers of concentration? Is she in touch with a higher consciousness? Or is she nuts? (This is an easy question.)
This photograph is [...]
Friday, September 19, 2008
In the middle of March, 1976, I was a senior at Hollywood High School. I figured my college chances would be better if I could prove that I had super powers. While my classmates were busy in the library, I was hard at work trying to learn how to fly!
I also imagined that it would [...]
This rather nervous-looking cat was named Dracula because of his fondness of going for the neck of anybody wearing perfume. They all had it coming. Already I have featured one of the other weird cats from the spring of 1974. Don’t worry, there’s more where this came from! We had 12 cats in the house [...]
Here’s a picture of Kay Ross that I took at the 1978 Hollywood High School graduation. Mrs. Ross was the debte coach for many years. She worked with me and with many of my friends. It’s interesting to note that she looks far younger in this picture than she does in my memories.
Here’s a shot from the summer of 1973. One good way to keep a Hollywood Teenager off the street is to keep him wet and busy.
The Hollywood Sign was falling apart in the summer of 1972. You can see plenty of holes in the letters. The reason each letter looks like tinfoil is because the original surface of the letters was perforated with hundreds of little holes for lights - originally, the sign read “Hollywoodland,” and it was lit up [...]
35 years ago today, I graduated from LeConte Junior High in Hollywood, California. The ceremony was held at the Hollywood High auditorium. I got to give a speech at this event, on the topic “Imagine All the People Sharing All The World.” Here’s what I thought about the future when I was 14 years old:
“Imagine [...]
Here is a charming photo from the archives, taken on February 20, 1976. This was Hollywood High School’s “Special Ed” club. Let’s see if I can remember the old school cheer, which rang out in the bleachers at various sporting events. Did you know that the school allowed smoking in the bleachers back [...]
Senator Hillary Clinton suspended her campaign this morning. Although I did not support her candidacy, I recognize the historic importance of her speech. Watch and listen to it: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. Full transcripts available here.
Alexis did not get to watch or listen to the speech live, as I [...]
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Here is a picture I took of a cat named Ticker way back in April of 1974. In this photograph, he is using his immense mental powers to open a can of cat food and to cause it to pour into a bowl that only he can see. Back in ‘74, there were eleven other [...]
OK, admit it - you don’t see something like this every day, do you? That’s why you come on-line, instead of wasting your time watching TV or doing your job, to see interesting stuff like this! Splendid. Well, since you asked, this ten-cent ticket was issued to allow entry to a faculty-student basketball game on [...]
My uncle’s funeral is being held in Fallbrook, California at this hour. Here is a picture of us together early in January, 1970. It was taken at Willow Springs Raceway.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Here’s a great shot taken from the Hollywood Hills back in January, 1973 - 35 years ago. You can tell the picture was shot in the winter because the sun is setting so far south.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
In 1976, KFI was a good radio station. It carried the Dodgers broadcasts, had a real news department, and was part of the NBC radio network. KFI was part of the local community, too. Back then, a teenager could win his first chance to fly in an airplane from the station by taking a few [...]
