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Stairway to Heaven

Taking a break from stories of Lucas' birth, I just had to mention this... J has his music player set to random and "Stairway to Heaven" just came up. I was immediately transported back to junior high dances in the cafeteria of my school, where this was always the last song. Looking it up online, I see that it was not just my school, but (at least) schools across the northern U.S. and Canada in the 90's. Isn't that the strangest thing? I mean, the song was released in 1971 (I think), so why did it make that comeback in the 90's? And it's not like it's a slow song all the way through, so why play it as the last song? I'm thinking maybe it's because it allows you to slow dance, but then when it gets faster you can start leaving the dance while music is still playing, but I don't know. Any ideas?

Was this also the last song at your junior high and high school dances?

Belly Flop

A few months ago, my father scanned all of our old slides and put the photos on CDs for us. I am just going through them now and thought I would post a couple of them for your entertainment.

As I was going through my childhood over the years, I noticed a theme: I don't know how to dive. Or well, I do now, but when I was younger, I was apparently too chicken to really go for it. I just put my arms in the position like I was going to dive, and then belly flopped or just jumped straight into the water.

Enjoy.

(These were taken between 1980 and 1982, when I was 6 to 8 years old).