When the movie “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” made it to theaters around where I lived in 1966, I was 4 and 1/2 years old. I don’t have that many memories of this time in my life but I do remember specifically wanting to see this movie. I remember seeing the ads on TV. I’m… Continue reading What Scares Don Knotts Scares Me
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Scary Happenings While Watching Evil Dead
I saw Evil Dead when it first came out in 1981. I was in college at the time and there was a group of us called the Bad Cinema Club that went to see nearly every horror that was released at that time. This is not to say that all horror movies are bad. But there are… Continue reading Scary Happenings While Watching Evil Dead
Seeing Friday the 13th Part II on Bargain Night is Scary
I was a freshman in college when Friday the 13th Part II was released. By the time this one came out, I was more familiar with the jump scare techniques they used in the first Friday the 13th film. During my first semester of college, I had helped form a group called the Bad Cinema… Continue reading Seeing Friday the 13th Part II on Bargain Night is Scary
How Friday the 13th Scared Me and My Friends
I didn’t jump on the modern horror movie bandwagon until the release of Friday the 13th. When it was released May 9, 1980, it had been about a year and half since Halloween had made its debut. I had completely missed Halloween and never really paid much attention to it until Halloween II came out… Continue reading How Friday the 13th Scared Me and My Friends
Feeling Refreshed in Vietnam
We spent most of the last day of my recent trip to Vietnam sightseeing. We were in Ho Chi Minh City which was formerly Saigon. We were going to spend time in the downtown area checking out museums and looking at historic areas. Before we left our hotel, one of our hosts told us what… Continue reading Feeling Refreshed in Vietnam
Learning to Walk Across the Street in Vietnam
The traffic on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City was one of the most fascinating things I saw during my recent trip to Vietnam. I took more pictures and video of the traffic that I did of anything else. The first thing that you notice is the number of motorcycles and scooters. They are… Continue reading Learning to Walk Across the Street in Vietnam
Writing 25 Year Ago
I’m writing this a day after the 30th anniversary of marrying my wife, Andrea. A little over five years ago, our anniversary was approaching and I came up with the idea of writing a song in recognition of our anniversary. I started with the idea of just describing some of the things that were normal… Continue reading Writing 25 Year Ago
Elvis Week 2015
“Excuse me, can I get a picture of your backsides?” I have to admit that this was an unusual request, even for Elvis week. You might expect that the reaction would be to call for the cops or at least a good slap in the face. But the four women to whom I made the… Continue reading Elvis Week 2015
Fifth Beatle
I’m not old enough to have been in the group The Beatles but I am old enough to remember them when they were still together. I was almost 2 years old when they arrived in the U.S. for the first time. I was 8 years old when Paul McCartney announced he was leaving the group. Meet the Beatles is… Continue reading Fifth Beatle
Summer Jobs – More Snakes
When I talk about my college summer job experience and tell people that I crawled under houses for a pest control company, they usually assume that I encountered a lot of snakes. In all three years, I only saw one snake and I wrote about that in my previous post. I got to a point where… Continue reading Summer Jobs – More Snakes