Archive for May, 2014
Wrestling’s Living Legend
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
“Living Legend” is a phrase you don’t want to throw around too willy-nilly…especially when it comes to wrestlers. But I think that we can safely classify Bruno Sammartino as one without too much hesitation. Ironically, I can’t say that I’ve actually never seen him wrestle. But when I was in my glory days of being a wrestling fan back in the early to mid-1980’s, I saw his face time and time again within the pages of the stacks of wrestling magazines (including back issues) that I purchased. Even though he had just retired from full-time wrestling in 1981, I already considered him a wrestler from the ‘old days’ long before my time. Read the rest of this entry »
Protected: Our Last Day in Daytona Beach and the Food to Be Found on the Way Home
Monday, May 12th, 2014A Peach of a Paré
Wednesday, May 7th, 2014
If you grew up in the 1980’s like I did, chances are you’ll remember the phenomenon that was Eddie and the Cruisers. It made little difference if you had ever seen it or not; surely you’ll remember the constant commercials for it, the continuous showing of it on HBO, and if you truly were a fan you might know that it had a sequel called Eddie and Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! that was made before the decade came to a close. I’ll be quite honest: I never watched either of them. Read the rest of this entry »