"Ancient pictures of me..." by balfor

This is me along with one of the bridesmaids at my brothers wedding, cica 1981.

This is me with a high school friend, Michelle. I was stationed in Orlando and she was on her senior class trip to Orlando, circa 1984.

I know, I know, it's hard to believe that I, the shy and reserved Chris was every goofy, but here is proof that it was so. These are some shipmates of mine from when I was in the Navy. We were at Kings Dominion amusement park outside of Washington DC. The picture was from the summer of 1988.

Okay, not so ancient, but still amusing. :-) This was taken at DragonCon 2005.

This was taken a year or so after I got out of the Navy. Pretty scary, eh?

Laddishness, 10,000 replies (post deletions):

This day is call'd the feast of 10K.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
And rouse him at the name of 10K.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is 10K day.'
Then will he strip his shirt and show his belly,
And say 'These beers I had on 10K's day.'
Old lads forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words-
JohnTheFinn, RexBibendi and Tom in Madisson,
Mania and Balfor, PickledOnions and ItsFunToHaveFun-
Be in their flowing cans freshly rememb'red.
This story shall the good lad teach his son;
And 10K 10K shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that shared his beer with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
Make him a member of the lads, even if she is a bint.
And lada on VT now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their ladhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That drank with us upon 10K's day.

Razmatac