There
are no other recent pictures of me. I consider this a boon to
society. I haven't been photogenic since about 1989 or thereabouts
and was never a big one on photographs before that.....but at
least then, they didn't make me look like, well, like I do now,
which is, mainly, old, fat and ugly. If there are any more pictures
taken of me, they'll probably involve a slab.
First Jai Alai game: on TV in California circa 1956 or 7 when
they televised it for awhile...."World's Fastest Game"
they said. Well, I HAD to see that!! I loved it. I managed to
see one game live through a clever connivance (actually, I practically
had to throw a fit) with friends who really wanted to see the
chick and the pony in Tijuana after we'd been to the Corridas.
Worked in recording studios through the 70s and 80s and remained
an electronic tech till now, where I do computer work of some
varied and sundry function.
Accidentally found out that Jai Alai was still being played (I
was flabbergasted) through a complete accident (and the gift
of Google) and found out what I had missed when Jai Alai was
in Vegas and I had no damned idea. Since re-discovering the game,
I have been a devotee and avid watcher. I'd sure like to play
some, but circumstances and age are all against me there.....so.
I suppose that's it......in what you might call a nutshell.
