Rock Around The Clock

"In the imagination of many writers it is the untold stories that propel----Those vibrant, colorful, magical, historical swirls of humanity that make up our knowing."
-Edward P Jones, author of 'The Known World'
in writing about 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' by Junot Diaz

Twenty-five years ago today:

December 6, 1986
Saturday

I started the domestic chore of laundry on this Saturday morning. That's the start of something productive.

I accompanied mom to MERVYN's at South Shore Shopping Center in Alameda. We ate at the Velvet Creamery.

Elieen Grabinsky telephoned. We confirmed a date for tomorrow (Sunday) night!

Mark Landreth telephoned. We decided to go out at ten o'clock tonight for a sneak peek at the Hot Rod Café in Fremont. I met a gal (who was kind of hippy on the hips) that asked me to dance. They played a lot of 50's music at this place. It was okay…just 'okay'. I don't feel comfortable dancing to ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK.


Mark and I departed by one o'clock in the morning. We popped in to Black Angus in San Lorenzo for q quick peek to see if we were missing anything. It was pretty dead.
Mark said, "Well, at least we didn't miss out."
I laughed, "Yeah, we didn't miss out!"

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."
-Winston Churchill