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  • Moving, Reunions, Mountains

    I’ve really only got three things on my mind this morning – the house, the reunion, and a headline that reads, “boy finds Welsh mountains, wins 25k”. The house – we’re closing tomorrow at noon. Everyone keeps asking if I’m excited and honestly I have to say that I’m not. We’ve got a big move…

  • Token Blonde

    We all have our badges of honor to bear. Lori is the diversion, April is the tumbler and I’m the token blonde. I earned my title and I’m proud. Ok, I’m not really “proud” it’s more the case that I’ve accepted it. So Friday I call up Jay to give him the latest house update.…

  • Kelso’s Response

    Thanks so much for the invite. I’ll try to make it by. Big question:Are Pinky and Punky going to be there?Thanks again for thinking of me.C. Frick

  • My Letter to Kelso

    What follows is the e-mail I sent to Kelso regarding the upcoming reunion. For those of you not familiar with John Kelso, he’s a columnist for the Austin American Statesman who writes humorous pieces focusing around Austin. In my 11th grade year John Kelso spent a week under the psuedonymn “Clarence Frick” at my high…

  • The Claw: Other Uses

    Several of you reminded me that “the claw” could also be used on the head. It’s a versatile manuever and always pain inducing! If you’re not a professional, do not use this move!

  • Age Issues

    For some reason (Crone’s Disease), I look older than I am. There were the plus sides when I was a teen like I was never carded and I could always see R rated movies. The downside was that in 8th grade the staff tried to help me find the class I was substituting for and…

  • The Claw

    In writing about my fun year in Dallas I remembered a story about one of the resulting front yard fights. First though, you have to understand one simple truth about growing up in Dallas – you live and breathe wrestling. Anyone in the late 1970’s who wasn’t familiar with wrestling particularly the wrestling royalty known…

  • The Reunion vs. Kelso

    I contacted one of the guys working on the reunion committee yesterday. I had an idea – that John Kelso should be invited to the reunion. You all know I love writing John Kelso. It’s up there with sending letters to the editor about the bicycling menace that exists in our city. Hey, everyone needs…

  • Thoughts on the Reunion

    My 20-year high school reunion is coming up this summer. I was planning on attending when I received a vitriolic e-mail from one of my friends saying she’d rather be dipped in gasoline and set on fire before she went. The e-mail went on at length about how she hated everyone from our school and…

  • Karma

    I wish I could remember whatever it was I did in a past life to deserve this one; it must have been hysterical.