There used to be these two boys that would come over to our house for a while.  They were Kevin and my age.  I can't remember their names or how we met them.  What I do remember is that, one time, they were over and I think Kevin and I locked them out of the house and we watched them in the backyard from the window on the door in the garage.

Apparently this upset them.  Since we weren't going to let them in, one of them picked up some of Whiskey's poop and threw it or smeared it on the window as we watched.

If I remember correctly, they weren't allowed over after that incident.

I remember going to Ryan O'Connor's house when I was a kid. The only thing I can remember about it is that his house was in Birdland and that we used to play 8-bit Sega Master System at his house. I thought it was the coolest thing that he had that and I always wanted to go over there and play it. I haven't seen Ryan in years but I saw his brother Justin recently and he said that Ryan was in Seattle or something and doing well.

I can't remember the year exactly but it was the year of my dad's high school reunion. One of his friends came from out of town and brought his kids. His daughter was a couple of years older than me. I think her name was Krista Birkelo or something.
I think Kevin must have been there and I think John and Derek were too but I'm not sure. We were all playing video games in my room. Through the course of the night, I fell in love with her. As a little boy, this happened to me a lot of times with a lot of girls; unrequited love with some random girl and dreaming of her for the next few weeks.
Anyway, nothing happened because I was just a little boy and she could not have possibly had any interest other than to be flattered. But afterwards I went around telling my friends and my cousins that we kissed. I think the lie grew bigger with time and some people were told that I copped a feel.
Well, nothing actually happened other than me maybe fooling some people for a few moments. . . . Read More..

I remember my brother used to have this 7 1/2 ' long GI Joe aircraft carrier toy.  The thing took up his entire bedroom and we used to be able to stand on it.  It cost over $100 and was the envy of everyone who came over.  Definitely, check out the pic for this one.  We used to play with our Joes on that for hours.

I remember that we used to have this neighbor who was a younger, blonde-haired kid named Jesse. He used to always want to be a part of our group but we were mean to him.

One day Kevin, Dan and Dave were over and we were out in our front lawn, probably throwing madballs over the roof or something. Jesse came down and wanted to see what we were doing and if he could join us. We fabricated a holiday to get out of this one. We told him that today was "Family Day" and that you were supposed to be with your family today. Dan and Dave were over on Family Day because they are my cousins. Therefore, Jesse could not hang out with us today but had to be with his family.

The weird thing was that I think I remember him believing it and going back up the hill towards his house.

Man we were meanies. Sorry Jesse.