Molly the "Bowling Queen" 

Reflection Entry: July 17, 2004 Meeting Pauly Shore

Kristy & I with Pauly Shore July 17, 2004

(Although this is the first "Reflection Entry" ever posted, I feel that such postings will come up from time to time as I come across photos of interest. I hope you find these reflections on past events as amusing as our present adventures.)

July 17, 2004 - Wiley's Comedy Club - Dayton, Ohio

Pauly Shore was the headliner and we were big fans of his long forgotten movies i.e. Son-In-Law, Jury Duty, & In The Army Now. So after taking pictures at a very long wedding in Degraff I grabbed Kristy and we headed for the comedy club.

Wiley's is a very cool place, a text book perfect comedy club, we enjoyed the atmosphere and the food was rather good too. The opening acts were very funny, Pauly on the other hand, well he was Pauly. It was very fun to at least meet him in person and see how he was in real life, which wasn't much different than you would expect. He is arrogant but he takes care of his fans which is by far the best indicator of a good celebrity. What I did find refreshing was Pauly's very loyal outlook on America, the President of the United States, and the military. He was very up front with his views about the current war in the middle east and his views were very optimistic. When most of his celebrity peers are bad mouthing our President and the war, he was praising him for his undeviating efforts in freeing the Iraq people. He also praised our military members for their unselfish willingness to defend freedom. Although I didn't find many of his jokes to be in my taste, I did find even ground with Mr. Pauly Shore.

ps. This photo of us was actually taken by a disposable camera that the people in line behind us owned. We brought our digital camera which malfunctioned and would not work when we stood with Pauly. So these awesome girls said that we could get our picture taken with their camera and they would send us the print. We gave them our address but didn't expect much. But sure enough a month later our picture came in the mail. We sent them back a new disposable camera to thank them.

New Pauly Movie......

Pauly DVD

Although Pauly isn't really dead, I am afraid to say his career is. Unfortunately his day has come and gone and this movie seals this fate. I only watched about 5-10 minutes of the movie and realized that it should have been rated R and turned it off. At the time of the DVD release it was unrated but since then I have come to learn that it did indeed receive a R rating. This was a big jump from Encino Man.

Celebrating Molly's 4th Birthday "Elvis" Style

Elvis Has Entered the Building


We celebrated Molly's 4th Birthday with an American Rock-N-Roll theme and invited the King himself. As most who know Molly would certainly verify, she is by far the biggest/youngest fan of the late Elvis Presley. However, what she doesn't know is that he is the "late" king of rock-n-roll. No matter what we try to do, Molly remains in a state of denial concerning the current non-living status of Elvis.

But in some ways Elvis does live on, after all he still puts out a CD about every year, he also makes the cover of the TV Guide from time to time, and his story is about to be relived through the minds and talents of CBS. So maybe death is some how immune from real hero's. Elvis was like no other celebrity, he gave more than he ever let on, he served his country honorably, and he served his fans the best he could. While at Graceland I learned what a genuine heart Elvis really had. Of all the other musicians who currently flood our radio stations with their selfish, immoral, disrespectful, and deceptive lyrics how could I ever have a problem with my little girl looking up to Elvis Presley. And so a tribute to the King of Rock-N-Roll, who lives on in the heart my Molly.

Our Elvis did a wonderful job, he performed hits like "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock", "Can't Help Falling In Love With You" and even "Happy Birthday". Molly and her little friends were so shy around the King, it took some time before they began to get comfortable around him. He signed autographs and got pictures with everyone. Molly had such a wonderful time.

We were a little worried that maybe she would realize that he was just a tribute to the king. However, Molly only made one mention of this. She said "Elvis sounded a little funny, maybe it was because he didn't have a microphone."

The King had to get back to Memphis but the party was just getting started. We enjoyed burgers, fries, and shakes. Then to top it all off we had a wonderfully decorated cake which was constructed by Kristy and her sister Sherry. The cake was a perfect depiction of the King himself. They did such a wonderful job.

Molly enjoyed her fourth birthday party, as did we all. She is such a blessing to our little family, a true angel from the Lord. I thank God everyday for my three girls, each perfect in their own way.

Elvis and his Number 1 Fan