LFS: The Storyteller

--> ©2015 by LeeZard An old high school pal recently re-posted on Facebook, “ Some of the artists of the 60's (or their estates) are revising their hits with new lyrics to accommodate aging baby boomers.” She proceeded to add a pretty funny list from the original post, along with a few of her own (and from other friends). Let's give it a roll, shall we? Here's my random list. Feel free to comment and add your own. ·        ABBA --- Aching Queen ·        Beatles --- I Don’t Feel Fine/I Saw Her Lying There/I Wanna Hold Your Gland/Yellow Hematoma ·        Johnny Nash --- I Can Cialis Now ·        Rolling Stones --- Let's Spend Social Security Together/Sympathy for the Surgeon ·        Bette Midler --- Wind Beneath My Jeans/I’m Wrinkled Dammit/Do You Wanna Limp ·    ...

--> ©1992 by LeeZard "Mickey wasn't known as a baseball player when he was growin' up here." It was a quiet Sunday afternoon in the cramped storefront office that serves as the Commerce, Oklahoma, Police Department. The sergeant on duty was a precious link to my boyhood hero's past.  "Mick was really a great football player in junior high school." Mickey Mantle's boyhood home in Commerce, OK I had driven to this small, dusty town in the northeast corner of Oklahoma to just experience the place where Mickey Mantle grew up. I don't know what I expected to find, but I was quite surprised at what I didn't find. The only business open on this lazy winter church-going Sunday was the 7-11. I was looking for anything that proclaimed this as, "Commerce, Oklahoma: Boyhood Home of Mickey Mantle!" To my shock, dismay and disappointment I could find no such treasure. In fact, except for the name ...