dean balog

Okay, earlier in this epic, I mentioned that after 20 years of divorce my ex-wife Rachel and I became friends again. As I said then, the bond was re-formed over our son Joshua’s first engagement. After numerous e-mails and phone calls, I decided I really needed to go down to Tullahoma, TN to visit. As … Read more

I’ve always like girls (and women as I grew up). My first girlfriend was in second and third grade. Her name was Yvette. (Uh-oh, now anyone from Applewood Elementary School can know!) Yvette and I would walk to and from school together. I’d go over to her house and play. You know, running and jumping … Read more

Okay, those of you that have known me for a while know I’ve never been much of a sports fan. Not knowing this, back in the 8th grade the school paper assigned me to report on the Brunswick High School football game. I went to the game. Well, it was the assignment after all. Besides, … Read more

Okay. Thanks to Mr. John Cohen’s comment, I guess I need to confess about my dating in high school. If I’m to be technically accurate, I never dated during high school, at least not the school year. Let’s see, if we call freshman year part of high school, then every girl I was interested in … Read more

As I recall it, I intended to go to Bowling Green University after graduation. I’d been accepted and, I think, my father was set to pay my first year’s tuition (room and board too). Somewhere along the line, maybe while I was working the carnival with john and his family, I changed my mind and … Read more