A guy claiming to be the original Dude was seen walking the 2017MJBizCon tradeshow floor in in Vegas. Since I’m an ordained minister in the Church of Dudism, I couldn’t pass up the chance of posing with him.
I honestly do NOT make these up
I seem to have a bunch of fun stories from my life. I’ll share them here. Some will be longer than others, but none should take more than a couple of minutes to read….or listen to if I decide to record them.
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I remember this time when…
The Y2K bug hit our new years eve party
As most of humanity was looking forward to New Year’s day 2021, there was a completely opposite anticipation for New Year’s day 2000. If you were born before 1985, you probably remember that time well. It was the dreaded Y2K. Y2K is the shorthand term for "the year...
I got kicked out of a public meeting
When I was a radio reporter covering local levels of government, I never thought I would become part of a story. Oh, but it happened. In April of 1988, the Chardon Township Trustees banned the use of tape recorders in their meetings. It seems one of the trustees was...
I partied with Turtles
In June of 1984, I went to work for a video production company in Willoughby. The now long defunct Fryan Audio Visual company had set out to have the only small multi-camera truck in the county. And I helped build it. We were even unique in the Cleveland area, as no...
I was almost hit by a boat
While driving home from work one day I was crossing the river on the old Vrooman Road bridge before you come up the big hill. It had been lightly raining for a while, so the roads were a little slick. Just as I approached the bridge you could hear screeching tires....
We had people stand in a cold lake
Early in the spring of 1994, there was plenty of excitement about the upcoming Cleveland Indians season. One of the biggest reasons is because of the opening of the brand new ballpark, Jacobs Field. I was working at 102ZOO in Ashtabula at the time and we had four...
I was an Alka Seltzer bubble
When I was in junior high school in the mid 1970s, we used to do this evening of entertainment called the One Act Plays. There are usually two of these plays that were presented along with plenty of skits, singing and dancing. Pretty ambitious for 12-14 year olds. But...
Quotes
Alex Harvey
, Sensational Alex Harvey Band
“Thank you, thank you, thank you very much, thank you. We hope you enjoyed the show.”
Hawkeye Pierce
, M*A*S*H 4077
“What do you expect? I come from the land of the free and the home of depraved.”
Pete Townsend
, The Who
“Rock and roll will always, always, always overcome eventually.”
