Maybe I am remembering when John Hickey was suddenly not in our algebra class instead of remembering him in homeroom. I was in Mr. Shevlin`s homeroom and his algebra class. Kathy W.
If you go to www.johnhickey.com, he is aware of the ongoing Watterson conversation, still blames Earl Allen, and is planning on going to Michigan in September. He is available at john.hickey@yahoo.com. He is a close friend now to Don Clifton. Gee!
Thanks for the tip. The ORAL B 3000 with Blue Tooth Connectivity sounds almost good enough. But isn't there a model that connects with a NEST device so I can set it to automatically clean my teeth without me having to actually remember to do so? Better yet, could we hook it to my car, and maybe eventually my space suit - so I don't forget to brush between each Saturn orbit?
(added) - do I understand that this "bluetooth" model allows us to send and receive texts while brushing? or is it just so we can listen to our favorite blog while picking chunks out of the back of our mouths?)
Mangelsen, Muench, Fielder, Randall and several others are my heroes of landscape and nature photography. They have all lived in Colorado at times (some still do) and their images have been a major part of my inspiration. Those first three are also senior citizens, a fact which prompts me to get up early, venture into the mountains listening to John Denver tapes and capture photographs with that warm morning sunlight bathing the peaks and forests. Those are truly days to remember!
Does that make me sound like a hopeless romantic???
Jack, thanks for the class trip plug! And if all of those reasons aren’t enough how about just having fun with old friends?! It will be more fun than our High school class trip - oh, that’s right we didn’t have one.
I know everyone thinks well we can see each other in a couple of years. Well I will just ask you to look at the In Memory tab. We have lost 4 since our 50th and 28 over the years. There definitely is no guarantee. Ask MM. . So whether this does not excite you like a trip to Barcelona just do it! I know Jack will be an amaziing host. I’ve done this trip before but to be truthful those brain cells have died and I’m looking forward to learning new things and being with friends! It’s a few days! C’mon email me!
Tim, Now that was a most interesting posting I've seen in a while. To think that just mentioning a guy named Hickey, involved in a completely different situation would prompt such a response. Truly amazing. If high school wasn't such an out-of-body experience for me, I'd be stunned with the impressions made by one John Hickey, nearly supernatural. Wowsers!
O.K., I promised not to bore everyone with photos of fawns this summer, but these guys have long passed the fawn stage.
In the summer months before the rut begins in November, bucks seem to congregate apart from their female counterparts (sort of like those awkward grade school dances). When autumn comes and the velvet gives way to awesome and sharp headgear they become solitary, feisty and challenge anyone (4 or 2 footed) who might invade their space.
Although we often see these velveted (is that a word, Mike?) bucks in parks and open meadows, usually in the evenings, we seldom spot them in our yards during daytime hours. This group of four wandered by in mid afternoon and so I grabbed a camera and caught them before they quickly vacated the area.
I just got home from another wonderful "feel good" movie. Go see the film "Yesterday". A clever twist on the idea of a world without the Beatles.
It is perfect for our generation. I think one of the most enduring memories of our generation was the music of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. This film is a thoroughly enjoyable, fantasy story - a much better film than I had expected. Laugh, cry a little, and be touched by the music and the clever plot.
***** Forgot to mention - Kate McKinnon is excellent as an over-the-top bitch of an L.A. music talent manager. And I think I should have known the black guy who runs the "Marketing" meeting with a hundred applauding "yes-people" - a great scene, by the way. The film is just plain fun!
And, I finally recognized the young girl who is the female star - she was in Downton Abbey (which was in the "coming attractions" clips). Let's see if anyone who sees this can recognize her.
Oh heck, let's delve even further. I think the father of the young star was the Mumbai police station officer in Slumdog Millionaire - another wonderful "feel-good" film a few years back.
added (NO, he was not. but he was in something else that I liked. Oh well.)
Just thought I would add one of my "Change the subject" items.
This coming Sunday I am going to a special party for some friends of the last eight to ten years back in California. (Yes Tim I was invited and Yes they are friends, at least so far). Anyway Norma and Ray are a wonderful couple. Ray just retired last year after a settlement was reached between the Homeowner's association he was working for as an expert witness (Structural Engineer) on the Leaning Tower of San Francisco (a.k.a. the Millennium Tower). Ray's earlier work included being the Lead Structural Engineer for, among other projects in Florida -Space Ship Earth (otherwise known as EPCOT Center) as well as the Monorail and most of the park.
Anyway, in honor of the Special event I am going to give Norma and Ray each a 1939 Jefferson nickel to remember the day and the events. Norma and Ray were both born in 1939 (yes they are turning both Eighty this year). And the nickel represents their 5th wedding anniversary. Silly, but I thought the nickels from 1939 were perfect.
You may now resume with your normal entertainment.
Joe -- Are you sure your friends were structural engineers? I thought they were union organizers?
I'm sure they are woefully tired of that joke, but couldn't resist, sorry.
As for movie recommendations, Dave and Janie, you might want to also check out Wild Rose starring Jessie Buckley as a wildly improbable (at first glance) Scottish mother of two, an ex-con, and wannabe Country singer (not Country-Western, as she is quick to point out, if one makes that mistake). Who knew this music was so popular in Glasgow? Here's a clip from her performing one of the best songs from the film on Colbert a few weeks ago. Even if you don't go to see the film, I am sure you will enjoy this performance. In my opinion, it's actually better than the way it is done in the film.
A quick orientation for the song--she has had a very contentious relationship with her mother who has been forced to be there for the two small grand-kids due to the aspirations and wild ways of her daughter. Having become somewhat of a stranger to her kids, she is forced to make an important life choice, and this song is a reflection of that decision and what she might say to her mother. (At least that's my take on the lyrics.)
In keeping with the spirit of July 4th - I well up with pride when I see that my home town is still the epicenter of the major world-wide news events. And fortunatly, the city still not passed any laws against stupidity - yet.
(sorry I couldn't get it to load directly.)
paste this into your browser and enjoy the many freedoms we have - including the freedom to watch morons behaving like.....whatever!
(note: your view is from th front seat of the officer's car)
During the Gulf War, just about every uniformed doctor, nurse and support personnel from our hospital was sent with the 10th CSH to aid our soldiers. Some were assigned to forward support units. One morning three Iraqi tanks were approaching their position and a call for help was made. ONE M1 Abrams tank and it's crew responded, took out two enemy tanks and the third surrendered.
We also mark this day as the death of both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams - perhaps within hours of one another, on the 50th anniversary of their signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Two men who at first loved one another like brothers, then parted ways to the point where Jefferson hired "professional slanderers" to ruin Adams' re-election. And then finally, reconciled and became close friends again.
History is strange.
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Hope our classmates in Southern California are okay - - - Mark?
My brother (a life-long Pirates’ fan) gifted me this framed picture a few Christmases ago. It is a photo of Lou Gehrig, star 1st baseman of the NYY, who at the age of 35 was diagnosed with ALS. On this day 80 yrs. ago, he made his final appearance at Yankee Stadium, declaring himself to be, “the luckiest man on the face of the earth”.❤️
Dave --Fortunately, the rumble beneath our feet yesterday was quite light where I live, so nothing happened. Althouggh it does cause some momentary pannic as one wonders "Is this just starting and will it ...?" Luckily before I could too caught up in that thought process, it died away. Thanks for asking.
. So whether this does not excite you like a trip to Barcelona just do it! I know Jack will be an amaziing host. I’ve done this trip before but to be truthful those brain cells have died and I’m looking forward to learning new things and being with friends! It’s a few days! C’mon email me! 
