Watching the spacecraft splash down yesterday brought back memories of my time working at NASA during the Gemini days. That was the period when the greatest advances were made in many areas. Computer software was designed and developed like no other, using IBM 7094 technology as a base for the […]
Good Ole Days
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I remember a time—it seems like another lifetime but is as clear as if it were yesterday—when you could dance with your date and sing along with the words. The music may be slow or even faster, but you could dance with the rhythm, and your mate would match your […]
I was looking through old photos and came across these pictures from the Sam Houston High School 25th reunion of the Class of 1961. Here is proof that 40+ year-olds still could dance. That was the year it was at a hotel in the Galleria, and we all showed up […]
As I watched the reporting of the wildfires in California, they showed images of Malibu, and a memory from the past came back. Until just a few years ago, the Toyota Motor Sales of America headquarters was in Torrance California. During the 1974-78 years, I was the Director of IT […]
Last night I was watching a Christmas movie and a big part of the movie involved discovering information about her grandmother’s relationship before getting married. So, parts of the movie were flashbacks that began just before Christmas in 1941. This is not a movie review; except I will say I […]
With each new model year, while I was working for Gulf States Toyota, Toyota would have a new car showing to present new models to the news media. Those events were in various parts of the world. In 1975 it was in Toyoko, in 1976 it was in Mexico City, […]
Barbara and Clifford Rains have been our friends for years. Clifford and I were in many classes together from the seventh grade at Burbank through graduation at Sam Houston. We continued to be friends over the years since. Barbara and Clifford were married in 1967 and bought a house near […]
My family moved to Houston Heights sometime before I was born in March 1943. I know they lived in Lufkin when my sister, Joyce, was born in December 1940. My parents were still living in the Kosse area when my brother, Maurice, was born in July 1936. We were still […]
Growing up on the Northside of Houston in the 1950s, there were few places to go on a date. There was a roller rink if you could skate and like skating. There was a bowling alley off Jensen and another one on Shepherd if you could bowl ok. There were […]
I was looking through pictures from years back when I noticed these were taken at the Stardust Ball in 1961. What makes these special is that Joyce, Ted, JoAnn, and I are in these pictures. It is a reminder that all of us were at the same event. Joyce and […]