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Growing Up
Baby
Pictures
A few images
from my first six months, including a cartoon.
The
Kindergarten Operetta
My reading
role in a 1953 stage production.
Where's
NBC Radio?
Remembering
network radio, from 1955 until my college friend shut it down.
The
Three-Cornered Field
Teasing the
sheep, and some reflections on seeing the big picture.
Miss
Pete and Juno
Musings on
memory, with a parakeet and a song that I "composed" in Latin.
Construction
Toys
I build models
of buildings with bricks, logs, girders, etc.
Sideswiped!
My 1957
account of a highway accident.
Dotto
My 1958 visit
to the TV quiz show scandals.
Ohio
Tax Stamps
These little
sales-tax receipts were once ubiquitous in everyday life.
Security
Adventures in
making a training video for security guards.
The
Great Fire of 1964
Vernon M.
Thomas Chevrolet is destroyed in a spectacular blaze. With pictures.
Hot
Rods
As a boy, I
watch modified stock cars race at the local fairgrounds, and make my
own set of flags.
The
Making of the (Student Council) President 1964
High school
politics: Ed Olson surprises his opponent by actually
campaigning, stealthily.
Carl
Martin
A few memories
of a classmate.
Prom
May,
1965: some impressions.
March,
Arch, and Vigil
By torchlight,
students in the spring of 1967 agitate for liberalized housing rules.
The
Marching Band Refused to Yield
"We can
never boast of the best band, but we can have
the worst one."
The
Metz Bug
This
Volkswagen ran unopposed in our Richwood Prep Rally and still had
trouble winning.
Carr
Confronted at Cox
Anti-war
students march on Administration Building, chanting
"Kill!" Dramatic encounter ensues.
Ringo
and Rodstein
Remembering
the Beatles and a memorable announcer. |
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The Adult Years
Cable
TV Bingo
A small-budget
game show occasionally starring yours truly, Tom Baby.
Those
'70s Shows
Tales from
Marion CATV.
Backstage
in Paradise
Miami
Beach! New Orleans! Maui! All on a corporate TV
tour in the spring of '85.
I
Invented the Fox Box
Or at least
the diagram of the bases.
The
Evanston Story
On Groundhog
Day 1985, I travel to Illinois. It's a needless trip, since my
employer has come up a few million short.
Fleeing
the Storm
A
"quiet" week on Lake Pontchartrain.
The
Organist
I return to
Richwood to play a recital on the pipe organ.
Indianapolis
1987
Hanging out at
the Pan Am Games, occasionally running off to work telecasts elsewhere.
What
I Did at the Olympics
There was a
lot of sitting around at Salt Lake City 2002.
What
Is It Again That You Do?
I work in
sports television, but not as an announcer.
How
I Watch Television
Keeping track
of 131 channels requires more than one TV.
New
Wheels
For the first
time in 153,351 miles, I invest in a new car.
Other
I
Am Singing Up Here
Memories of my
churchgoing grandfather Harry Buckingham.
Dear
Sir: You No Longer Exist
My father gets
an official notice of his death.
Let
the Sportscaster Beware
High-school
fans don't like to hear their kids criticized.
Riding
on the Basketball Bus
The long trip
home in January 1964; also, later trips with the L.A. Lakers.
A
Methodist Accountant in India
My father's
World War II experiences.
Surely
Kin to Me
Rev. John
Wagner of Richwood travels to Mississippi to stand up for civil rights. |
