Posts Tagged those were the days
Summers at the Lake
Longtime Detroit Tiger broadcaster, Ernie Harwell died last night at the age of 92. For most people he brings back memories of sunny days at Tiger Stadium, beer and hot dogs, and cheering crowds. But for me, the sound of his voice brings back an even better memory. [ My brother and I at my grandpare [...]Tags: family, those were the days
Just you wait and see
Jessica and I relived our early punk rock years and went to see Blink 182 on Saturday. A friend got us on the guest list, so we had no idea where we would be watching the show from. We got a couple drinks and made our way to our seats, which turned out to be ... [...]Tags: frenz, shows, those were the days
Reliving my late-teens & early-twenties through LiveJournal
I spent this morning surfing through my old websites using The Wayback Machine. The one I remembered the URL to is from my college years, at the beginning of a very long relationship. At time when people had guestbooks instead of commenting and I coded all my entries by hand and then uploaded them i [...]Tags: frenz, internets, those were the days
How I Became a Web Designer
This is the story of how a girl named Claire did more for my career than my college education. AKA How I Became a Web Designer. Somewhere around age 13, when us kids were just starting to explore the World Wide Web, I stumbled on a web page owned by some girl named Claire. It was ... [...]Tags: internets, those were the days, work
The Songs Still Remind Me
During my drive to work today, rocking out to The Fullblast, a wave of nostalgia came over me. Memories of local shows flooded my mind. They are playing a reunion show tonight for the first time in two years. I’m a little sad I can’t go, but driving to Toronto on a Wednesday night doesn& [...]Tags: those were the days
On vacation
I’m headed to Mackinac for a family reunion – 75 people drunken and camping. It’s gonna be amazing. So here’s a few of my family camp-out memories from when I was a youngin. - Aunt Sue always leaves the food at home and shows up with her extendo-fork instead. You’re sit [...]Tags: family, those were the days
Blue hair revealed
Who’s too cool for school now? (Note the atrociously wide-leg jeans) [...]Tags: those were the days
Blue. Oh, so lonesome for you
In my dream last night I had blue hair. Soft, bouncy, blue hair. It looked awesome. Last time I had a dream like this I was in high school and not a week later a friend and I were at the store buying bleach and stocking up on Manic Panic. Back in the day my hair was ... [...]Tags: those were the days
