Tag Archives: 1970s

Deep Thoughts (i.e. Stuff I Think About While Avoiding Actually Getting Anything Done)

Posted on September 4, 2024 by mitchteemley

Useful New Terms: Ambibiguity: The ability to make indecipherable gestures with either or both hands. Pontypical: Something the Pope says a lot. Carcasm: Snide remarks my car makes when I fail to wash or service it regularly. Catskills*: Chasing invisible … Continue reading →

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Love and Money

Posted on September 3, 2024 by mitchteemley

 My Real Memoir I’d tried fame, but my brief brushes with fame had left me penniless. Now it seemed, unless I did something quick, I’d also be loveless. My girlfriend Dar had expressed doubts about Us. The solution? Rent an … Continue reading →

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Disappointed With My Life

Posted on August 27, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I needed a reboot. I didn’t know the term yet because it was only 1972, and I wouldn’t own a computer for another decade. But computer programmers coined the term reboot that year in reference to having … Continue reading →

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Closed Doors

Posted on August 20, 2024 by mitchteemley

Source: topteny.com My Real Memoir Open doors. Every year, as winter faded and spring approached, it seemed a new door would open, leading me from a darkened room into a new one bright with possibilities. Two years previous, I’d gone … Continue reading →

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My Family’s Peace Accord

Posted on August 13, 2024 by mitchteemley

Source: Livin’ In the Green My Real Memoir The holiday break was upon us–and just in time. My fall semester had been a rough one. And now the government was demanding proof of “satisfactory progression,” or it would be “Hello, … Continue reading →

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Out of the Frying Pan…

Posted on July 30, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by Cr-AI-tive My Real Memoir “…and into the fire” is a pretty accurate description of my last year of college. Only it wasn’t a sudden “Damm-this-is-hot!” leap, it was more of an in-the-air rhumba full of improvised gyrations. Some … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Roommates: Doug and My Dog

Posted on July 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir “Why?” That was the first word out of my new roommate’s mouth when he discovered someone had stolen his decomposing 1954 Nash. “Well, I hope they put it out of its misery,” he chuckled. That, in a … Continue reading →

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The Hole in Her Heart

Posted on July 16, 2024 by mitchteemley

Left: photo by Gerhard Litz     –     Right: Dar, age 16 My Real Memoir My new love and I had let go the safe shores of our previous lives–Darlene (“Dar”) her childhood religion, and I my small-town fame. We … Continue reading →

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The Girl in the Shadow

Posted on July 9, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by kimerajam My Real Memoir The best part of the summer, my epic strep throat notwithstanding, was behind me. I repeated my Shakespeare class with a professor who was dull but, unlike the previous one, at least recognized me as … Continue reading →

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Cheating on My Future Love?

Posted on June 25, 2024 by mitchteemley

Source: vocal.media.com My Real Memoir We’d only been on three dates. But already I had a sense that Darlene might be “the one.” Not only couldn’t I stop thinking about her, I didn’t even want to think about anyone else. … Continue reading →

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