May 2004 Archives
Greetings Fellow Bloggers,
Just a quick note with some of the old and not so old photos I have found lately.
This will also be a request to all of y'all to dig deep and post some more of your old pix. A picture is worth a 1000 crawfish, or some such saying.
No kidding, it would be good if more of our shared histories get out for all to see,
even if some of the picture you may find will not be suitable for public access.
To answer your question Katie, I really dig the Blog even though my computer skills stink. Great idea!
Until later,
Ben
Hey guys or should I say y'all because I'm a native. That's right, it's me, Katie. I was just wondering if y'all were enjoying the blog? I like all of the pictures Kevin has been putting up. But, I would really love it to hear more from you guys too.
Keith, tell us what it's like there in Seattle.
How's the resort coming, Mark? Hey, we'll be in MN this summer at the end of June. Sure would like to see you guys!
Hey Wade, what's new with you.
Tim? Tom Bowers? You guys out there?
And Terry, you have always been one of my favorite storytellers. How about it?
Kev's offshore and won't be around for a few weeks, so don't let the blog die, okay? Thanks.
I was on the West Bank yesterday getting my nose swabbed and took a run by the old "House of To Much Fun". Maybe I better 'splain myself. Staph has been a big problem not only in sat systems but in the public sector as well. I guess the over-prescribing of penicillin based antibiotics has created a super strain of staph that merely scoffs at what once were the most powerful antibiotics. And they were all in the penicillin family. Global has had some horrific outbreaks. Yours truly being the poster child for one of the worst we had. Now, time permitting, they do a nose culture on sat teams before we start a project. Anyway I was in a pretty good mood (not having heard Old Joe say "OK just one more thing......") leaving Doc Serio's and took a turn down Fairfield Ave. You'll be heartened to know that 128 was absolutely, hands down, the most run down, decrepid, skanky, vermin infested, termite ridden, crack house on the block. I mean the fascia and soffet was literally hanging off the old crib. Most of the other architectually challenged places looked pretty damn good with new paint and siding on nearly all of them. I took a long look and was really surprised it wasn't sporting a "Condemned for Human Occupancy" sign. I guess we wore it slam out. When we were on the beach it was pretty much a 24 party. Reefer described living there as living in a party frat house......with money! The Waves, the Pals, Harold, Shark, Barbarella, Briarhopper and Chris Mayo. Fire bombings at night. Police raids looking for rat hats. Shark dropping into the hallway at 3AM. The Wolf! Eek a Wolf! Ouzo in the attic. Down and Dirty and Beau passed out in the Caddy with the windows up about one sweat bead away from heatstroke. Mad Ronnie swinging a snake in the driveway terrorizing the CPA and his wife. And the list goes on. If you stood next to, smelt, felt or dreamed about any of this feel free to embellish. Zing!!!!!
Johnny why'd ya shoot that queer? He was looking kinda funny at me. If anyone knows the whereabouts of Dr. John Bedoe ask him to call me. The pursuit dogs name is killer. No kidding!
