One of the dangers of having your own website…

Is that you sometimes run the risk of writing a post that’s too personal.

I’ve done that from time to time.

In the very beginning, I actually posted entries from a diary I kept in the mid to late 1980s. (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, and 1990 - go ahead and read them. You’re in there.)

Since then, every once in a while, I’ve looked back to tell a tale or two.

Tonight is no different.

Here is a clip from my very first on-camera interview.

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I know. You could totally scrub the pans with that head of “hair.”

Laugh it up, fuzzballs.

Back in 1990, some friends stole something and when one of them was encouraged to return the items, no questions asked, the cops arrested him.

We were asked to go on a local news program and defend him.

What did I learn that day?

The Brillo Pad Look is not hot.

Julie could totally be framed if I committed a crime. Even the news reporter got us confused.

Even now, when I hit the play button, over and over again, I’m surprised at how soft my voice was, before liquor, kids, and two Bush admininstrations hardened it.

And I can’t help but wonder how I ever got laid back then.

Oh that’s right.

I didn’t.