The Gong Show 1980

And I won too. "TRICK OR TREAT SMELL MY FEET" All that and a failed Greg Brady perm.

So far this site has had hits from 11 States and Mexico. I don't remember any Mexican Exchange Students...do you?

Let's Avoid This At All Costs

These people graduated in 1984. They are younger than we are. They decorated with raffia and Christmas Ornaments.

July 4th at Six Flags will be all day, risk of heat stroke, family fun.

July 5th will have a Cash Bar, mirror balls, loud music and just enough chairs to rest our dancing feet.

Maybe we should have a black & white dress code for the night of the dance. Simplicity makes better photographs.

52 Grads

The B52s had a great song on their debut album (yes, made of vinyl children) called 52 GIRLS. It can't be a surprise that through the hard work of PAM (I am not worthy) HADLEY and a little bit of googleing hither and thither that we begin the QUEST FOR THE GRADUATES OF JBHS 1981-1983 with a list of 52 GRADS. They are:

**Kristy Bond Rhine**
**Vince Brumley**
**Kevin Cozby**
**Leddie Davis**
**Daniel Sinnott**
**John Skarbek**
**Joanie Fowler Chapman**
**Curtis Green**
**Robin Walker Martin**
**Mike Zidek**

Rod Agguire
Chip Mahaney
Skip Angel
Teresa Morris Mesmer
David Ralston
Pam Bendor
Pam Reed
B. Leo Rigney
Darrell Robertson SSG
Beth Castro
Jeff Roth
Julie Coomer
Steve Sakowski
Hollie Schmidt
Beverly Damon
Melinda Schmidt
Amy Siegel
Lonnie Detrick
Ric & Shannon Dubois
Carol Falvo Pierce
Scott Stewart
Beth Farwell
Wes Sutton
Jackie Townson Randolph
Pam Fry
Steve Tucker
Shannon Halwes
Stacey Bell Hellman
Michael Twine
Steve Herring
Mark & Jaime Valosek
Julie Herrmann
Wendy Wadlington
Karyn Hobbs Zapata
Chris & Scheri Hogan
Kari Ward
Jeff Honeycutt
Troy Warren Jr
Rick Wilson
Brian Wigley
Glenn Williams
Justine Trout Chapura
Timothy Hogan

Already, I've had undeliverable emails from the folks marked with ** from the list Pam had from 2000. I've had three Internet providers in that same five year period. Plus people have left dial-up for broadband, wired for wireless, human contact for online porn, full sentences for "Lmao ttyl!"

We had about six hundred in the Class of 82 so we're searching for about 1500 people 25 years after we last saw them! This is gonna be so cool!

Timothy

trhogan@comcast.net

Fly My Monkeys, Fly!

We must find our long-lost yetmuch loved fellow VOLUNTEERS! So Fly! My Monkeys! Bring Me Dorothy, er the classes of 1981-1983!

pay no attention to the madman behind the gui.

The Information Age is SO Scary

When Gutenberg began printing Bibles, intelligence on this planet began to expand geometrically.

When Timothy said he'd put himself in charge of the 25th Reunion (okay roughl) for the JBHS classes of 81-83 that same worldwide intelligence exploded exponentially. I have had more contact with dear friends, curious strangers puzzled detractors in the last 48 hours than in the last 20 something years of adulthood.

What's that spell? We (dear friends, and the rest) owe the City of Arlingstone, our Alma Mater and EACH OTHER the best two days of Summer 2007.

Sign up! Be heard! VOLUNTEER early and often!

CLASSMATES.COM BLOWS...

...and I don't mean in a good way. So as soon as we can, let's shift people to this site for official news and plans for the 25th Anniversary Reunion of the REAL Graduates of James Bowie High School. I figure anyone who graduated between 1981-1983. But it's not like we're going to enforce that or try to create some sort of perfect fancy schmancy reunion with Kings and Queens and formals and coursages and al that crap.

Here's my idea, and if you hate it feel free to shoot it down BUT ONLY if you have a constructive alternative. I excel at trashing the plans of others but kinda suck at presenting alternatives.

1. We're old and most of us still know a lot of people in Arlington even if we (like me in Minneapolis) have moved on. So let's do something fun we did when we weren't old and we lived there. SIX FLAGS OVER TEXAS on (of all the most horrible of days!) JULY 4th 2007! Crowds, kids, sweat, 100 degrees plus...classic North Texas Summertime fare.

2. I will work my contacts through my Dad and his wife to see what the Arlington Visitors and Hospitality types can do for us for our out of town guests.

3. I will also see what I can do to drum up a space for a second day Adult event when we're all sunburned and want to DRINK and DISCO. I'm pretty sure we've all seen enough crepe paper to last three lifetimes so if there's a cash bar a DJ and a mirror-ball...I'm good.

4. I'll also come up with some one-size-fits-all XXL T-Shirt or ball cap that we can get for cheap for everyone to help with recognition at the Theme Park.

Between those things and keeping the Information flowing through this site I'm feeling pretty good about my contribution so far. (I have my Mother to thank for the hint of Martyrdom in that last sentence.)

If you are a Metroplex native still, we'll need you drumming the low hanging branches finding as many of the 81-83 classmates we can find and getting their contact information which we can use this BLOG as a clearinghouse for. Also invited are any of the prom dates from any of the affore mentioned years.

If you, as I, have left North Texas, you need to start planning your summer vacation to include a trip to Texas for the 4th and 5th of July! First we get sunburned standing in line all day with our (well okay, who am I fooling) your children. Then we disco dance the following evening and with any luck there'll be cat fights and secret crushes revealed and that's just the men!

Yours truly,

Timothy Hogan
trhogan@comcast.net
www.epistleoftimothy.blogspot.com