He Could've Been Morley Safer Jr.

Morley Safer

Lou Rossman was one of those people who never took responsibility for where they are in life.

He always saw himself as a victim of circumstances, as a person who never got the same breaks that successful people got. In his mind, he was a bastion of unfulfilled potential.

This may explain why, at age 38, he still lived at home with his parents while working as an overnight grocery stocker in the cereal aisle at the local Walmart.

A Streetcar Named Moe

Liz Sorenson loved the Three Stooges so much that as a young girl she decided that her first-born son would be named Moe.

True to her word, when Liz gave birth to a boy years later she named him Moe.

This delighted Liz so much that she announced that her next son would be named Larry, the next Curley, and, if the need arises, her fourth would be called Shemp. Fortunately, at least for the prospective Shemp, her procreation stopped with Moe.

Is That a Cow, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

Lon Rizzo always wanted to run his own garage.

As long as he could remember he was interested in cars and engines and how they worked. As a boy he would hang out in the local garages and ask the mechanics all kinds of questions, at least until they got sick of him and told him to get lost.

Rudy Trips the Light Fantastic

 

Rudy Sturgis was a middle-aged man in possession of few social skills.

Whenever he took stock of his life he would wonder what he could do to increase his popularity and expand a social life that might be charitably called stagnant.

Then one day a friend suggested he take dance lessons.

Two Chocolate Chips off the Old Block

Outside of Cain and Abel, it’s hard to picture two more competitive brothers than Al and Anthony Butterman.

All their lives the siblings, who were born just 10 months apart (what can we say, their mom Joyce didn’t waste any time) competed in just about everything they did.

Rolling With the Gift of Gab

Mitchell Lowenstein liked to refer to himself as a people person. 

A people person is what some folks prefer to call themselves when they realize their greatest skill is they’re very comfortable talking to anyone about anything. 

On a Positive Note

Somewhere along the line, where the approach to raising children changed from how their folks did it to how they do it today, some modern parents struck upon the idea that nothing can be more important than their children having high self-esteem.

Feeling good about yourself was imperative, they reasoned. Their children could only excel if they looked at themselves as talented and gifted individuals destined to do great things in their lives. They were special, and it was important they and everyone else, even those who didn’t care a lick, knew that.