Posts Tagged ‘stepfather’

Re: Places To Fish North Or South Of Bodega Bay 20mi Tops

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

One of my fondest memories as a teenager was going down to Toms River, New Jersey, with my stepfather Frank and renting rowboats to hand-line crabs with chicken legs. Each crab had its purpose then. The only crab Id ever heard of that lived in these parts was the giant Dungeness crab. Jason said mostly [...]

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Cassandra Gagnon

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

NewsThe former stepfather of a missing Vermont girl was arrested and authorities … Father, said Gagnon had been married to Brooke’s mother, Cassandra Gagnon. Bennett said Gagnon had been married to Brooke’s mother, Cassandra Gagnon. Said Tuesday that Gagnon had been married to Brooke’s mother, Cassandra Gagnon. Said Tuesday that Gagnon had been married to [...]

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Pal Joey Lyricist

Monday, May 19th, 2008

The author is John O’Hara, whose Appointment in Samarra resided unread (by me at least) in my stepfather’s bookcase for decades. Turns out that Pal Joey is a collection of fictional letters by the self-proclaimed “poor man’s Bing Crosby,” most of which ran in The New Yorker in 1939 and 1940. I don’t think I [...]

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Nona Dirksmeyer

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

I sympathize with the mother of the girl, but to jump to a guilty conclusiong based on no evidence is incredible to me. I just wanted to post a comment as i am from russellville, ar where this murder took place. I just finished watching the Dateline episode on Nona and was struck by the [...]

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