Rant #3,679: Lost and Found

We are still settling into our new digs.

Lots of stuff still needs to be put away into the proper place, but I did do some small things today, including setting up the PlayStation for my son--

And for my wife, who can finally watch all of her DVDs on that device.

I also found something which I knew was stored away, and I finally came upon it.

I have spoken about meeting "Our Gang"/"Little Rascals" member Spanky McFarland on several occasions here, so I won't go into that story again ...

But there was a part of the story that I don't think i told you.

VHS tapes were the hot thing back then, and when I met him, including having my then toddler daughter in my arms, I also brought with me a then-brand new VHS tape of the Gang.

Spanky was more than happy to sign it for me, taking out a marker and putting his signature on the tape box.

I had almost forgotten about this, but I kind of thought I had his signature, and lo and behold, I did.

I found it today and rushed it over for my wife to see.

I also found books of all my early published stories, and while I might cringe at a lot of this stuff today, this is where I began my writing career, so it is kind of fun to find and look over all of this stuff.

I am missing some of these early things that I wrote, but one major thing I found is the history of The Monkees thst I wrote for my sociology class at Dowling College in 1978 or 1979 or so.

Remember, there was no Internet then, so I had to do a lot of real research on this, and I do remember I received an A+ on this paper.

I found all the things I wrote for the Dowling College newspaper, The Lion's Roar, and I found a lot of the stuff I wrote for The Island Ear entertainment newspaper.

Heck, I even found my very first celebrity interview, with Russ Meyer's "Up" star Raven de la Croix, which I had as a PDF file but now I have it in its original newspaper form.

There are still so many boxes to go through, and I am wondering what other "buried treasure" I might find--

But today, I have to put all of this to a temporary halt, as I have a webinar to cover which will take up the whole day to write about.

From Raven de la Croix to covering a webinar, I have had an interesting writing career, and it shows no sign of coming to an end.

Whatever the case, we will have to see how this goes today, so I might not be able to post a Rant tomorrow--

So if I can't do it, I will wish you a great Friday and a great weekend, and I will speak to you again on Monday.

And have a happy Easter, too.