Today is the fiftieth anniversary of my enlistment into the United States Army and my first day of three years of active duty. I must be having fun, as "It seems like only yesterday", indeed.
My Nom d'Blog is Myron J. Poltroonian. That was the name I used on the 1980 census long form that I filled out in San Francisco. The one the poor college student asked for on a Saturday morning around 10:00 am, after I'd been out playing at a gig the night before and hadn't gotten home until about 2:30/3:00 in the morning. Let's just say the sight of this long-haired, bearded, grumpy and bedecked in only my old burgundy bathrobe musician was unsettling to the poor fellow to say the least. My response to his inquiry was a somewhat gruff "Yah!", whereupon he smiled weakly, apologized profusely, and beat a hasty retreat away from my door, never to be seen again.
Who says interacting with the government can't be fun? And, effective as well.
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