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Humor Me: 20-year high school reunion

By MATT WIXON Last month was my high school reunion. My 20-year high school reunion. Yeah, that’s a little sobering. It’s hard to believe that two decades have passed since I graduated from Apollo High School, home of the fightin’ Hawks, disappointing test scores and smoke-filled teachers’ lounge. I mean, wasn’t it just yesterday when I could walk through the parking lot and see the school motto of “Pride, Class, Dignity” while avoiding the sharp edges of broken beer bottles? No, it wasn’t yesterday. You have three kids and like two hairs left on the top of your head. Thanks for that slap in the face, wise inner voice. I wish you had been around in 1991, when I ate that macaroni and cheese that had been in the refrigerator for more than a week. The only time I felt sicker that year was after I spent six bucks to see Hudson Hawk . So it’s been 20 years, but is that really a long time? Oh yes. When I graduated in ’89, the Berlin Wall had not yet come down, Whitney Houston was both tale