Jimbo wasn’t much of a walker. So in the years before he was old enough to drive, I’d hoof it over to his place and we would mount up on this old tandem bike that the Josephsons had . I don’t know it’s history, but we gave this bike some serious new life. We went all o...
We all have such a story. This is Jimbo’s & mine. Not sure how it was before Marc was out of the house, but 110 Allendale drive had a kind of oddball railroad configuration of two bedrooms as part of the upstairs. Tombo had the back 40, Jimbo was up front, closer to th...
Once upon a time, high school kids weren’t forced at the point of a righteous bayonet to perform community service. And (brace yourself ) in those same dark days it was also perfectly acceptable to have gender-restricted organizations. At the intersection of those two...
WWJD? Stands for “What would Jesus do?”. When those soft rubber bracelets were a new & novel thing – ones etched with WWJD? were pretty common. They were intended to make the wearer more mindful to be nice, turn the other cheek, that sort of thing. Great. But at this m...
My father loved telling me this story. There is no proof that any events were true, but I guess we will just have to believe that it wasn't another lie he made up in order to make his children smile. Anyone who knew him understood his athletic restrictions, which made...
Jimbo would always tell little little white lies that would spiral into so much more. One of these lies was that he was a crocodile wrestler. It started when Jimbo, Henry and I were walking back to our Hotel on Hilton Head Island, where there were coy ponds. Henry aske...
Jimbo and I were classmates at Rye High School. He was one of those guys who was just a sweetheart and friends with everyone. He was my friend and he was big, so I asked him to be a bouncer for a party I was having with my brother and sister (while the parents were awa...
It was a family gathering over Thanksgiving dinner. Stories were being exchanged by all in a jovial fashion. A six year old Jimbo could not resist the opportunity to make a contribution to the revelry. He called all to attention for his story: "A Cow was walking down t...
I was able to purchase some quite illegal fireworks to set off at the dock at Candlewood Lake a few years ago. The police received a noise disturbance call and arrived. They waited up top to watch a few of the fireworks and then came to say no more after this. Jimbo pi...
President Clinton was an avid golfer, and so was Jimbo. Their paths literally crossed one day on Jimbo's home course in Syracuse. Each had sliced their drives into the rough from opposite tees. While the Secret Service agents got nervous, Jimbo approached the President...
