Once a boy
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The Chicken Fat song
In junior high and high school in the 70s, once I’d been “outed” as an uncoordinated weakling, I came to dread PE.
But in grade school in the ’60s, PE was fun—all noncompetitive, things like square dancing and jump rope. There was even a p...
The Church Retreat, 1973
In my family, we knew to stay a million miles from these two topics: God and sex.
For example, when the Batman TV show debuted in 1966, when I was 6, I was an instant mega-fan. Bif! Ka-Pow! Suddenly, I knew I had to become a superhero.
So...
Smoking nettles in 1972
In 1971, President Richard Nixon declared drugs a “national emergency,” launching what we now call The War on Drugs, and across America, parents began wringing their hands.
That same year, I entered junior high school, and I couldn’t have...
Meet the Band Dweebs, 1971
My friends and I were the Cool Clique in Holcomb Junior High’s stage band, which to the rest of the student body was about as impressive as being president of the Chess Club. But we thought we were hot shit. Rebels. Badasses. Top Dogs.
As...
Making Super 8 movies with my pals in the '70s
“Okay,” the director, me, said. “In this scene, our hero, Captain Lightning, is trapped in a ring of fire, made of, thank you, real fire. And, Kristine”—the sister in real life of the kid playing Captain Lightning—“can you try not to look s...
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