Mitchell's not getting dessert -- and he may be going to bed early!
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Please, please, please! Let me be the Task Force Commander who gets to say, "You may fire when ready Gridley (look it up)
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A Pedant's Progress is the best thing I've read in years, and I'm not sure how it fell into my lap. I think it popped up on my Facebook page. It's a cute little essay about what can happen when you assume your language skills might be superior to those of someone else: You might wind up "with egg on your shoe". Click HERE and enjoy.
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Hey, maybe we ought to set up a "Sister School" program with Crawford High School in Losharon, Texas, which is 30 miles outside of Houston, with a population of 1,740. That's not a Colt, however -- it's a Charger.
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Speaking of language skills, here's my 1959 Horace Mann final report card. Mrs. Bruner gave me an A-!! Betty Alexander thought I was "A joy to know". I went on to Summer School at Hoover and, a few weeks later, enrolled at Crawford. Click HERE to see report cards from all three venues.
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But wait -- there's more!! Long after graduating from Crawford I
heard about smart people enrolling in regular classes to bump up
their GPAs. Not me! I was the "Tail Dragger" in both these
classes and somehow got into State with a C+ average. Oh, that's
right -- San Diego State took everyone. Click HERE
to see what all of this has to do with Joe Isuzu.
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Remember University Lanes? A bowling alley and so much more. I redid the page that has my University Lanes postcard. Click HERE to check it out -- again.
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65 YEARS AGO: From the March 27, 1961 San Diego Union -- I have
a misty memory of Jerry Houck, then a 9th grader, assisting Mrs.
Bruner in our 8th grade class.
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65 YEARS AGO: From the March 30, 1961 Evening Tribune -- Bowling was a BIG DEAL 60 years ago, with "kegler" news filling almost an entire page in the Sports Section.
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60 YEARS AGO: From the March 28, 1966 Evening
Tribune
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60 YEARS AGO: From the March 28, 1966 Evening Tribune -- William won his award at the California Industrial Arts Fair in Sacramento.
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