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Comments: John: I would love to attend the 2011 Burning Man with you but I am going to be busy that week. I don't know when it is scheduled, but I am sure that I have something planned. Take lots of pictures!
Comments: Barry, from what I can gather about "Burning Man" it is an opportunity to drop the shackles of conformity and spend five days living as you please in the desert. And at the end, you get to go to a HUGE bonfire at night and howl and dance. Who doesn't love a big bonfire? ... ask any Aggie. The "stated purpose" of the event is to pull together a short-term community where radical self-reliance, radical self-expression and participation is encouraged. Each year an art theme is chosen which gives the participants a direction in which to channel their creative urges. Since 1998, a similar event called "Burning Flipside" is held in Texas in the hill country around Austin. It only draws around 2,000 participants (as opposed to the 40,000+ that show up on the Nevada desert).
Comments: Wow, the timing of Steve Foster's announcement is just too eerie. Remember in early August when I posted the pic of the seductive 14 yr. old girl that NOBODY could identify ... Mary Francis Lewis? If you recall, Mary married Pat VanGurp and soon divorced. Sometime later she married "Jigger" Downing. Downing went attended Adamson High and graduated in 1963. The last time I spoke with Mary (around 1990) she told me Jigger had a son named "Chevis" [I don't think Mary was the mother]. Chevis was a loose play on the famous scotch beverage Chivas Regal (perhaps in keeping with the 'drinking' theme). Thanks for the heads-up, Steve. Peaches, do you have a way of reaching Mary with the news? Jigger's final resting place will be in Canton.
Comments: My brother and I punished one of your classmates relentlessly. Jigger lived a few blocks from our stomping grounds and being good Christian boys, we took it upon ourselves to bring Jigger to the Lord. He was obviously raised in a home where Bible reading and Sunday School was not on the agenda. Jigger had a foul mouth according to our standards so my big brother felt it our responsibility to beat the Devil out of him every time he used a cuss word. Eventually he moved on and so did the Foster urchins. Hubert "Jigger" Downing, born Oct. 27, 1944, died Aug. 29, 2010. Sorry we were so cruel to you, Jigger.
Comments: And, John, what is the significance of the Burning Man gathering? I'm sure it is much more spiritual and soul searching than I can comprehend. Spending time in the hot desert and blowing sand doesn't sound very up-lifting to me.
Comments: My mistake. It was Larry's other brother Daryl. Although there is some resemblance to Larry.
Comments: John: When I saw your picture, I immediately thought of 2 famous TV icons: 1. Squiggy on Laverne and Shirley and 2. Daryl's other brother Daryl on the Bob Newhart Show. I think I totally missed that phase of life while in Lubbock going to Tech. I've never frequented salons, so I can't comment on how they dressed, either. Looking back, I led a pretty boring life. I think I'm glad I did. I did have a couple of madras shirts and a white belt. Don't remember if I wore them.
Comments: Here is a Live Link to the Burning Man webcam. It pans the desert and zooms in here and there on various installations. Looks hot, dusty, and a bicycle would be a big help in traversing the playa. http://www.ustream.tv/burningman
Comments: Karen, Jimmy says there's no dealing for that jacket until you deal away at least three lawn mowers in the garage. Cousin Johnny, interested in a lawnmower? Oh I forgot, Javier's crew takes care of it!
Comments: Note To Karen Powell: For the record, that jacket was vinyl or maybe Leatherette. I don't recall what happened to it, so Jimmy may well have won it at that pokergame. When he's not looking, check the left pocket to see if it still contains a blue lucky rabbit foot and a little container of Binaca - my standard equipment for a night at the disco. Congratulations on the 42+ years of matrimony. I was a witness back in mid-1962 when Jimmy issued his FIRST marriage proposal. We were sacking groceries at the Safeway store and he was assisting a long, lanky, sweet cashier named Louann. As he was bagging up this unusually large purchase, Jimmy looked over at Louann and said "When are you going to marry me and take me away from all this?". Louann (who was already married and maybe 6 years older than Jimmy) just rolled her eyes and kept on punching that cash register.
Comments: Obviously I'm not a SOCite cause I call the SCOites...but my main problem is I can't type!
Comments: John...I think you know I'm not a SCOite, just married (for 42+ys) to a '62 SOCite....but...I think I recognize that "Plastic Jacket"!! Jimmy won it in a poker game at Stephen F. Austin and, believe it or not, he still has that very jacket!!! If you want it back I'm more than ready to deal!!!!!!
Comments: Cousin Sammy, this was taken at The Beggar Club on Northwest Hwy near Love Field. It was probably a Screwdriver I was drinking (as Harvey Wallbangers tended to make me really sick). The club put on a weekly backgammon tournament. Usually, it was on a week night and ran late, causing me to stumble through work the next day at Blue Cross/Blue Shield's downtown office.
Comments: That's either a screwdriver or a melted pina colada to your right there Johnny. It looks like it's deep into the evening at the It'll Do Danceland, and the only thing you're playing with is your tie. Bet that was fuuuun cuz?
Comments: I know this is a repeat performance of my 1975 bar-hopping pic, but CLEARLY I am NOT wearing a kerchief. (I probably took it off after a hard day at the salon). The early 1970's (1971 thru 1976) were some of the "funnest" years of my life. That Three Dog Night video has so much energy in it. Unfortunately, the long haired guy to the far left (Chuck Negron) went downhill on drugs and lost everything over the years. 
Comments: Thank you, Cynthia. Is it just me, or can anyone else picture JS in that floral pink shirt and neckerchief? Great clip!
Comments: Oh my gosh! Need to watch John's little clip just to see the outfits those guys were wearing. Nice and tight. I don't remember too many guys I knew dressings like that.....except at the salons.
Comments: Happy Anniversary to one of the most delightful couples - Lynell and David. The only people I have ever known on the Newlywed Game and they are still together too! Way to go you two.
Comments: 41 Years!? Congrats to Lynell & David. If the history of the 1970's taught you anything, I hope you'll always remember you'll never get away from the burning heartache I walk to Apollo by the bay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U0viaAqouA&feature=related (I'm sure there's a message there somewhere)
Comments: Happy Anniversary David and Lynell, a model couple. Have a romantic day.
Comments: Happy 41st Anniversary to my husband David! It is hard to believe it's been so many years.  
Comments: I mailed Peaches a check yesterday for the 65th Birthday Party then noticed later that I had not included the information form. Maybe I will get this right today. Still trying to get my sister to send me some of my baby photos.
Comments: Brenda, add me to the Cordoba Club. Bought one new in 1975. Sam, you ruined my day by forcing me to have a visual of a nakedly cavorting cousin Johnny. I've already seen enough of that on YouTube. The man has no shame, but good taste in his last wife!
Comments: Martha so glad to hear you are on the mend...and Tanya!!! I thought me and Ricardo Montebalm were the only ones that ever drove a Cordoba!!!! Welcome to the club...small as it is!! I admire all the memories everyone has of the cars in their lives...my memorie is rusty on that...I never had a car of my own as a kid...drove Mom's. My 1st husband and I had a chev of some sort when I married...numerous trucks along the way and a Cordoba!! I like to think my life really started when I married Barney and of course the story becomes colorful with trucks that get drowned in the lake and Explorer that gets totaled when I hit a bull and another truck that got stolen from Walmart! Had a bright red Chev Camero with T-tops that I loved and now just bought a 2010 Hyundai Tucson. Hopefully this will last till I get my motorized roust about!!
Comments: The Class of 1965 is having our 45th Reunion this weekend. I am hosting a visit back to SOC on Saturday that is open to all that might wish to attend. You can either meet us at the hotel - Double Tree on Central at NW Highway in the lobby at 10:00 am to carpool to the location or meet us at the front of the school at 10:45. We will have access to the auditorium, lunch room, gyms and some of the classrooms for photo opportunities and adventure. After the tour, anyone that wishes may meet up at the El Fenix in Downtown Dallas at Woodall Rogers and Griffin. The plan is to be there at 12:30 for lunch. This is dutch treat so everyone is on their own dollar. You do not have to be registered to attend our Reunion to join us in this time. There are no charges except for what you eat and drink. If you have some time on your hands Saturday and are interested, come join us in both or either of the places. If you wish to come, it would be helpful to me to know how many are planning to come so if you would please email me, I sure would appreciate it. Have a safe and fun Labor Day weekend. Cynthia
Comments: John: While Randy and I were stationed in Germany in 1969, we bought a used VW from a German doctor. He had hand painted it and the brushstrokes showed. It had also been modified for US regulations so you can imagine how shocked I was to discover the signal flippers. We knew about the reserve tank and only ran out of gas once. The thing I really liked about it was the canvas hatch in the roof. But I guess the best part was after driving it for a year, we sold it and actually got more than we paid. Off the car subject, do any of you have hummingbirds? They are so much fun to watch. This year we've only had 4, but last year we had 10 or more. Steve said that we were easily entertained.
Comments: He didn't forget. He was just busy composing!
Comments: Barry, John has been so preoccupied with those Ferrari decals that he forgot to mention that the Burning Man Festival gets underway today in the Nevada desert. John discreetly celebrates by driving the Miata naked (with neons on, however) to a park in the Woodlands after dark to privately celebrate the festival. If he stands some distance from the Miata, it sort of gives off a fiery glow (albeit purple) to capture the festival's essence. Of course, there'a always the chance that Jud will be there taking pictures, or The Woodlands Police Department.
Comments: "Great cities are organic, spontaneous, heterogeneous, and untidy hubs of social interaction. At Burning Man 2010, we will inspect the daily course of city life and the future prospect of civilization." Okay, it is time for my annual blathering about the "Burning Man" event which kicks off today on the Black Rock desert in Nevada. This year's art theme is "Metropolis" (as described above). Perhaps next year we can get the promoters to embrace a Bare ... I mean "Bear" theme; and get a whole group of us together to attend. In the meantime, our SOC committee is VERY close to finalizing that deal with Bob Clifton to hold a similar event titled "Burning Man: Tejas" in his Texas orchard. Think of the fun an estimated 5,000 people will have next May cavorting on his property. It'll be like the Garden of Eden, only we'll be surrounded by peaches rather than apples. Here is a link to an intriguing slide show of Burning Man 2007. CAUTION: the event is always "clothing optional" although most of the 40,000 participants choose to remain covered. If partial nudity offends you, just stop here and move on to the next guestbook post. I mean it. Really. No kidding. http://themottas.com/slideshow.php?set_albumName=BURNINGMAN
Comments: JS: That's why they have owner's manuals to tell you silly things like how to turn on the fuel tank reserve, recommended tire pressures, how much oil it holds and what kind is recommended. I always thought those turn signals were little wings and that if you got over 100mph, it would fly. Wait, if you were doing over 100, you were already flying-straight down off a cliff! Have you read the manual on the Miata/Ferrari? I think there is a warning in there about pinstriping and neon lights. |
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