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The Resurrection of Jake the Snake – review

August 22, 2016 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

On April 7th, 1986, my friend and I went to Kitchener Memorial Auditorium to watch Wrestlemania 2 on a “Big Screen Television”.  Ridiculous by today’s home entertainment standards, this was kind of a big deal in the mid-eighties when most people’s rec rooms still housed 4:3 CRT televisions, often dressed up as furniture, and 27” […]

Filed Under: Movie Schmidt Tagged With: addiction, childhood, Jake the Snake Roberts, memories, nostalgia, redemption, wrestling, WWE, WWF

My Life Is A Song #10

June 26, 2015 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Not much needs to be said about this song other than it’s from the GREATEST MOVIE EVER!  Written and performed by a finger picking genius, who also happens to be in this very same movie, this song oozes with nostalgia for me.  Few memories from my childhood are as fond as watching this movie at […]

Filed Under: Music Schmidt Tagged With: beach, childhood, drive-in, jerry reed, movie, nostalgia, Smokey and the Bandit

Scrub: A Tale of Baseballs and Bicycles

May 20, 2015 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Before the last sticky globule of partially chewed Corn Flakes found its way to my startled stomach, I bolted from the kitchen table, grabbed my backpack, squeezed the side of the bag to make sure my ball glove was inside, and slung it over my shoulders. “Bye Mom!  Luv ya!” I hollered down an empty […]

Filed Under: Writing Schmidt Tagged With: baseball, bicycle, childhood, creative writing, school

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