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Revisionist Family History Photo #10

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan (Summer of 1994) - Uncle Pat always knew how to make a fashion statement.

Revisionist Family History Photo #9

London, UK (1931-1936) - While living abroad in Brooklyn NY, my brother in law, Erich, cherished the Broadway musical Cats! so much so that he traveled back in time to meet the famed tuxedo cat behind Mr. Mistoffelees (sometimes written as "Mistoffolees" derived from the demon named Mephistopheles) - one of the felines in T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. By the way, Cats! the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber was based on this collection of poems. Mr. Mistoffelees is depicted as a magician in the musical version which fascinated Erich.

Revisionist Family History Photo #8

Somewhere in West Virginia (1995) - The only way my father didn't go was straight. Photo opportunities were always the priority on family excursions. The passive passengers needed all the luck they could get.

Revisionist Family History Photo #7

Japan? (circa 2003) - Steve went missing a few times in his early twenties. This photo is our only clue to one of these absences. My guess: Steve ("feeling the strength of ten men") really wanted to be Little Mac from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! and this was his best chance to take on King Hippo (pictured below).

Revisionist Family History Photo #6

Fort Wayne IN (Late December 1995) - Cousins, Matt, Peter, Andy, Josh, and "Stevie" took their Grandpa Smith to a hockey game in Fort Wayne for his Christmas gift. They all had a blast. There were two hockey fights and one in the stands. I guess that's what happens when the local minor league team hosts the nearby Detroit Vipers. Grandpa called the one in the stands "more for our money!" Also observed was this sign (pictured above). Grandpa was the brains behind this operation and his grandsons were willing accomplices.

Good Bye 75243

July 2002 marked my entrance into Texas. Ever since, I've lived in 3 different dwellings in the same vicinity of one another. I never changed my grocery store... even though my grocery store changed (aisles updated). Met a lot of pretty nice neighbors. I must say it is a good zip code to live in. It's a city of Dallas area but a Richardson ISD. I can get anywhere on the northern half of Dallas (from down town to Plano, from Mesquite to Carrolton in about 15 minutes. That's awesome for urban traveling these days.

Since I've arrived the High Five was built. I've seen fires decimate apartments. I've been to weddings. I've been to funerals of friends. Good bye 75243.

Here's to hoping 75287 is good to my family and I.