I went with a different cartoon this year.
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This reminds me of the guy who was the booking agent for The Grateful Dead and had some Hollywood big-wig throwing his weight around and asking for a free ticket and the best seat in the house. He found himself seated behind the Grateful Dead's biggest fan -- Bill Walton, the 6' 11" basketball superstar, and graduate of Helix High School.
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Callan is the grandson of my good friend John Wilding. In my move to the Old Folks' Home he apparently inherited my Crawford High School Beanie. Looks WAY better on him. (I'm calling it a beanie -- it looks more like a Swiss yodeler's hat)
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Remember when you were little and told folks you were two and a half? I saw this in last week's UT and did the math. I'll be 82 and a half tomorrow. I been playing with house money for a year.
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I'll tell you who's REALLY playing with house money -- Doug Kvandal '66. That's him on the left pounding on the Hammond B-3. On Easter Sunday 2012 Doug literally rose From the dead thanks to a heart transplant at Sharp. He has NOT sat around idly since then. If you want to catch the gig above next Friday it's at the Paradise on Midway Drive -- the original Boll Weevil. Or, in my case -- that place next to Pacer's.
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I once heard a statistic of what percentage of the population was employed putting, and keeping, cars on the road. It was A LOT!! It occurred to me -- after they were posted -- that the following three items involve the automobile.
I've added this gorgeous shot of Torrey Pines to the Southbound 101 page. Click HERE and enjoy.
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I'm pretty sure my 1959 Thomas Brothers map book is at the Miramar landfill, but I scanned most of the pages a few years back. Click HERE and take a look.
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Is it too soon to look again at the photos Howard Rozelle took of Esquire Motors on Euclid and El Cajon? If he'd turned left and taken another shot, you'd see the State Theater, once more to the left and it would be the old Oscar's on the southeast corner. Click HERE and learn about my dream of an Auburn.
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60 YEARS AGO: From the April 9, 1966 Evening Tribune -- Click HERE to read all about a goal-oriented '66 Colt who started each day at 4 AM.
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55 YEARS AGO: The text of the article that accompanied this photo was actually about Colt Pitcher Chuck Rainey '72. Click HERE to check it out.
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