Some Thoughts

Some thoughts on the Dysfunctional Decade known as the '70's, specifically 1973.

It was traumatic enough getting separated from my junior high school buddies because I literally lived "on the wrong side of the railroad tracks" in the city of Orange, CA and HAD to attend Canyon instead of Villa Park High School w/ 98% of my friends. To make matters worse, "Green Acres" & "Petticoat Junction" had just been cancelled.

But the real kicker is this: The 9th graders, soon to be sophomores at Canyon, had the opportunity to select the Canyon mascot for the future. There were some great options: Conquistadors, Cavaliers, Colonels, Cougars. The COMANCHE was voted for and our school newspaper was titled "The Smoke Signals". Nuff said. FART-KNOCKERS!

Still, for some reason, we keep going back to our roots in a "Waldo-land" known as high school, before life really kicked in, the REAL ups and downs, REAL responsibilities, REAL problems, REAL success, REAL-ALITIES. 30 years passed? Seems more like 5...