dean balog

Delaware in General

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Okay. Altogether I spent just about three years in Delaware, late spring of 1976 to late spring of 1979. I’ve got Levi’s that have lasted longer than that. But so much happened during those three years. I’ve already told pieces of the story. Rachel, Joshua and I moved there after living in England. If I … Read more

The O Zone and Beyond

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I started to write about this pretty early on. As I wrote earlier, after Rachel and I split up I lived in a sort of a trailer park. Not an official trailer park, it was sort of a causal trailer park. There were three trailers and a little house. Marty and I shared the worst … Read more

Joshua Burney Balog

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Once upon a time, in a far away land across the big, big ocean where the people sound like Peter Sellers or Benny Hill, a baby boy was born. Born of two great warriors (okay, an accountant and a computer operator in the US Air Force), young Joshua Burney Balog was born. How did this … Read more

Bob Marley’s Birthday

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So, what’s the significance of Bob’s birthday for an old white guy in Northeastern Ohio? Okay… first there’s the music. Reggae music, especially “old school” like Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, just has such a fine beat. It’s so good to dance to. It’s got energy and life to it. It’s just good sh*t. And … Read more

Jobs – What Part is This?

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I was thinking the other day of some of my previous jobs. I worked at Chippewa Lake Park, the PlastiPak factory in Medina and the old 76 Truckstop on 224 before joining the Air Force. After the Air Force, it’s been Medina County Youth Services and almost 30 years at the Cleveland Clinic. All were … Read more