When Dan, Dave, Noel, and myself were really into GPKs Noel did a very bad thing. A couple of Dan and Daves friends came over with their GPK collection. I recall that they had a very extensive and rare collection. I myself, was amazed by what they had put together at such a young age. My brother on the other hand I believe was jealous. After the two young kids left the house Noel had a surprise. He had a stash of those kids GPKs under his butt he was hiding. When the facts of the situation became clear to Dan and Dave they went crying to Laura about the situaion. She made Noel give the cards back to the rightful owners and he never stole again. I'd like to thank Aunt Laura for teaching my bro a valuable life lesson. He never stole again??

nyThe first day we got Shemp was quite the memorable moment. We found an ad in the Oakland Press about puppies for only 35$. This was just after we lost Whiskey so I didn't think it'd be such an easy transistion. Anyway, we pull up to this house in Pontiac right by Northern High School. I now believe that the house was some sort of opium den or possibly(to avoid any sterotype) a crack house. This might explain many of our dog's actions. In the house there were many puppies but only two that were running around and playing with each other. We got lucky and picked Shemp. On the way home in the future Tijuana Taxi, Shemp pooped. It was love at first sight for the Stalker family. That night Noel and I both wanted to sleep with Shemp. So what ended up happening was the last time Noel and I shared a bed together and the last time Shemp slept with anyone else besides my parents. Shemp still remains a good dog and poops in more places than the car.

For my 8th birthday my mom caved in after all the bugging and had a small birthday party for Dan and I. Our birthdays are relatively close to each other, so we combined the party, half Dan's friends and half of my friends.

To start we had to purchase supplies. We went to toys r us and got all the fun little plates and whatnot. We also had to get food and cake as well.

From the looks of it, it looks like we invited Nick Caputo, Noel and Kevin Stalker, Scott Vogt, Jason, Chris Smith, and Blake Peters. We had a lot of fun that day. I remember playing foose ball downstairs and playing video games. But not a whole lot more. Mostly just being a kid goofing off.

But theres one thing I remember of this most was that my mom was not happy about spending 50 dollars on all this stuff. We didnt have much money growing up and this was asking a lot it seemed when I recall her putting stuff away at the counter of Toys R Us. It totally didnt affect me as a kid (even . . . Read More..

Noel brought up a memory of the store called"The Vault." This made me think of "Comics and Cards."It was located at Walton and Sashabaw, basically on the border of C-town and Waterford. The guy who owned the joint was like the comic book store guy in the Simpsons only a little bit thinner.

My biggest memory of the place was putting an Isiah Thomas card on layaway. I'd go in there every week and put like 5 or 10 bucks towards the purchase of this collectors item. After I gave the wierdo my parents' money I would always look through the smokey glass of the counter, and stare at this basketball card. I'm not sure how much that card is worth today but I could never part ways with it.

As most of you probally already know Shemp use to have a huge crush on must of the blankets in our house. He expressed this love by ravishing(humping) them anytime someone held one up. This one time when Noel and myself had our friends over during high school it got out of hand. Some of Noel's friends were in my room holding up a blanket and Shemp started doing his thing, doggystyle. Shemp was really going to town. It got kind of loud and I believe it upset my Dad, I'm not sure if he was sleeping or not. My Dad came in and grabbed the blanket from Shemp and the dog proceded(this site needs spellcheck) to bite him. Well my pops wouldn't stand for this so he grab Shemp and basically tossed him down the stairs. All our buddies got silent for the rest of the night. My friends still tell this story, thinking it was one of the funniest moments at our house.