An Anemic Superman for the Playful Mind
• November 23, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1980, 1986, 1987, 2016, Hopkins
Tags: Bugs Bunny, Captain Kangaroo, Door County, Ellison Bay, Find Your Tribe, Fingerhut, Jeff Goins, Jeff Taylor, Laugh-In, Looney Tunes, Mitsubishi “Mighty Max” pickup truck, Monty Python's Flying Circus, nuclear war, Road Runner Show, Ruby's Beauty Shop, Saturday Night Live, Soupy Sales, The Clearing, TV commercials, Wisconsin
This Nobody Is Still Doing Everything With Nothing
• October 14, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, creativity, Hopkins
Tags: 30-Day Free Trial, Ann & Gary Docken, art, Cessna, corporations, Donald Trump, Fingerhut, Hungerford, Jeff Taylor, journals, Mathias Rust, Michael Jackson, Mission: Proofreading, photography, Pink Floyd, Ray Bradbury, Ronald & Nancy Reagan, SOS Printing, Ted Deikel, Vicious Frieze, writing, Yuppiedom
Hey Mr. DJ!
• January 29, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1975, 1985, 1986, Casco Point, Hopkins, Iowa, Lake Minnetonka, Minnetrista, Music, Writing
Tags: Baibi Vegners, Bruce Springsteen, Captain and Tennille, Casco Point, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, David Bowie, DJ, E.G. Marshall, Elton John, Forest Lake, Gillette, Grandpa Maupin, Helen Reddy, Hopkins, Iowa City, Jeff Taylor, John Sebastian, Juicy Fruit, KDWB, Knollwood Towers West, Michelle, Miloš Forman, Neil Sedaka, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Pall Malls, Panasonic flip clock radio, pop music, Queen, radio, Rob Sherwood, rock concerts, St. Paul Civic Center, Sweet, The Carpenters, The Eagles, The Lovin' Spoonful, Theron Hollingsworth, Tony Orlando and Dawn, True Don Bleu, Walker Art Center, WCCO, WDGY, WLKX-FM
Walking the Tracks
• June 27, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in 1980, Casco Point, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, Mound, White Bear Lake
Tags: A&W, Advance Machine, blackberry brandy, Charlie Kaufman, college, Dan Rogers, Daudet, Ibsen, Jeff Taylor, Long Lake, Navarre, Penguin Classics, Star Tribune, summer jobs, Theron Hollingsworth, Tiny, Turgenev, Wayzata
The Play at Pooh Corner
• May 15, 2011 • 6 CommentsPosted in 1975, Casco Point, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, School
Tags: 3rd graders, A.A. Milne, acting, actors, All My Sons, Arthur Miller, auditions, Bob Bye, Brad Aamodt, Dan Barret, dialogue, Dr. Lyman Sanderson, George Deever, Grandview Junior High School, Guthrie Theater, Hamlet, Harvey, Jeff Taylor, Kindergarten, literature, mantra, Mary Chase, Maryland, Mitch Millison, Mom, Piglet, pink tights, plays, Pooh Corner, Randall Duk Kim, Richard Nixon, Romanticism, scene building, Shakespeare, short stories, stage directions, stage fright, theater, University of Minnesota, Winnie the Pooh
Completely in the Dark 