Happy Things
Driving L.A. In My Youth
I turned 16 on a Sunday in 1959, so the first thing thing I did after school on Monday was get my drivers license. I didn’t have a car of my own for a while, so would borrow my dad’s 1955 Ford station wagon when it was available. What a thrill it was when I got my
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Schwinn Power Cycle
When I was a kid, a good friend of mine had a Whizzer motorbike. While the Schwinn below was sold as a local delivery bike, my friends Whizzer was built for fun. About a year later I got one of these, which was much better. It took all my savings to get it, but it
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“Funky” Old Movie Dance Scenes
This is a mashup of 66 “Old” Movie Dance Scenes to Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk. When I was a young kid growing up in the 1950s they showed a lot of old dance movies on TV. I loved watching them, so many of the scenes in this mashup look familiar. It is great to see what
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The 60-Year Old “Dear John” Letter
As Erik walked home one freezing day, he stumbled on a wallet someone had lost in the street. He picked it up and looked inside to find some identification so he could call the owner. But the wallet contained only three dollars and a crumpled letter that looked as if it had been in there for
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