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I’m sooooo excited! I found my old class photo from spring, 1963!

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  Kristinebergs Skola, First Grade, Spring 1963 Well, this was a great surprise!  I have been looking for this photo for quite a while; I knew I had it somewhere, but after a pretty thorough search last year, I had given up.  Lo and behold, today when I was looking for something else, I found it!  As you can see, this is from Spring 1963, second semester of first grade for me.  This was at Kristinebergs Skola, in the Kungsholmen part of Stockholm, Sweden.  Our head teacher was Mrs. Gärd Froster, and in 1962-1963 (first grade for me) and 1963-1964 (second grade), Mrs. Froster was in her last years of teaching, waiting to retire, so she did not have much patience left for us little kids, and I hope she enjoyed her retirement.  My classmates were the following: Lynn Dahlström, Hans Wallster, some girl I was infatuated with (ergo the empty spot in the class picture; I remember I had a huge crush on this girl, so I cut out her picture and kept it in my wall...
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Smack Dab playing at the BlasMo Member Appreciation Night, 06-07-2026.

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  The invite for the BlasMo member appreciation night, Sunday, 06-07-2026.  BlasMo is located in Laguna Hills, CA.     Smack Dab is, from left to right:   Marc Repaire, lead guitar and vocals; Kent Richards, bass and vocals; Allison Friedman, lead vocals and guitar; myself on drums and Lloyd Brown, lead vocals and guitar.   You can reach us at SmackDabGroup@gmail.com. Smack Dab had the pleasure of playing at the BlasMo (Billiards Lounge Artist Sanctuary Music Oasis) Club, aka The Mo, on Sunday the 07 of June, 2026.   This was the BlasMo member appreciation night, and it was a super fun gig, playing in front of our musician peers.   By the way, everybody at the BlasMo is super supportive, and the atmosphere is always laid back and fun, and everybody checks their ego at the front door.   Just so you know, the Mo is (according to their Facebook page): ““The Mo" is a private member supported musicians ...
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Washing the Huskies, Friday 05-22-2026.

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Lars and Misha, super clean!    So, on Friday the 22 of May, 2026, it was time to wash the Huskies again.  Being that they are indeed Huskies, they stay naturally clean, and they don’t smell much, but they still need their regular baths.  We usually take them for self-service dog washing at Unleashed by PETCO down at the Bressi Ranch Village Center in Carlsbad, CA, since Unleashed has low washtubs tubs that Lars can get in to, and they supply shampoo, conditioner and clean and dry towels.  Also, since we had dropped off our son Matthew at the San Diego Airport, we thought it was a great time to take the dogs for their bath, and with gas prices at a premium, we need to combine trips as much as we can!  Also, by being reasonably frugal, by washing the dogs ourselves, we save a couple of bucks, and we don’t have to expose fragile little Lars to any additional torment.  So, on the way home from the airport, we stopped off at Carlsbad for a little dog washi...
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Smack Dab at the World-Famous Rib Joint in Dana Point, Saturday 04-25-2026!

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  From Left to Right:   Smack Dab is Lloyd Brown, lead vocals and guitar; Allison Friedman, lead vocals and guitar; myself on drums; Marc Repaire, lead guitar and vocals and Kent Richards, bass and vocals.  You can reach us at SmackDabGroup@gmail.com . Well, on Saturday the 25th of April, 2026, our band Smack Dab again had great pleasure to play at the World-Famous Rib Joint in the great little beach town of Dana Point, CA.   As I’ve mentioned before, over the last couple of years we’ve done quite a few gigs at the Rib Joint, and it is a great little place to get out and actually play in front of people.   As us musicians know, practicing only gets you so far; in order to see if all that repetition has paid off is to play in front of people!   Also, the hours (6:30 to 9:30 PM) are great, and with a bit of luck, I’m in bed by 11:00 PM!      We had originally planned on playing outdoors; however, even though it hadn’t rained for a month, fo...
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