Retro: Bershon

I still don’t understand the etymology of bershon (anybody?), but I shore do understand the attitude. [Definitions/illustrations: Dooce, Que Sera Sera] My dad recently put a folder on my hard drive called “Personal Photo Collection,” which basically includes every photo my dad ever took ever, including several rolls of Christmas trees (all on slide film). [...]

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Retro: Training Begins

This is me at age 3, already starting to train for the MS 150.

I am cross-posting this in hopes of sending some traffic over here.

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Retro: Happy Easter 1981

My dad just put his entire personal photo collection onto my computer, so I suddenly have access to decades of family photos. Happy Easter!

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Retro: Happy Easter 1988

This is me with my cousin and grandma on Easter twenty years ago, back before global warming had completely fucked everything up. Do you see how spring-like it is? That is how Easter should be.

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Retro: Christmas 1979

Every year, my dad and our next-door neighbor shared Christmas decorations that stretched across the two lawns. You can see what the whole shebang looked like right here. This was, of course, when we lived in Dallas, which should be evident by my short sleeves.

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