The Never Starting Story

A collection of things that fit nowhere else.
by michaelcahill
Some things and an introduction.
Chapter 1

The First Chapter (How Original!)

Posted October 23, 2013
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Some more High School musings.
Chapter 2

Poets Rule!

Posted October 25, 2013
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some things from 1968
Chapter 3

1968 A Lifetime

Posted October 26, 2013
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1962 The Cuban Missle Crisis, and thoughts
Chapter 4

Perspective

Posted October 27, 2013
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Vietnam, facing the draft
Chapter 5

Vietnam

Posted October 28, 2013
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The music of the sixties and the assassination of JFK
Chapter 6

Musical Interlude, Camelot Restored

Posted October 29, 2013
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being and artist and trying to fit in
Chapter 7

Artists, Strange Kids in Town

Posted October 30, 2013
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being born and musings about it
Chapter 8

Being Born

Posted October 31, 2013
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Being kidnapped and growing up with a mentally ill mom.
Chapter 9

Dude! Your Mom's Crazy.

Posted November 1, 2013
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Hippies: What they were and where they went.
Chapter 10

Hippies, Hair & Lollygagging

Posted November 2, 2013
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Different experiences with love and women.
Chapter 11

Could This Be Love? Part 1

Posted November 3, 2013
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Grammar school going ons.
Chapter 12

Love Pt. 2 Bullies & Reputations

Posted November 4, 2013
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Some high school musings.
Chapter 13

More Love & Bullies & Reputations

Posted November 5, 2013
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Politics, war, assassination, growing up
Chapter 14

Duality & Devastation

Posted November 6, 2013
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More high school happenings, mom cameo
Chapter 15

More Love, More Mom

Posted November 7, 2013
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Summer 1967
Chapter 16

Meeting Lenore

Posted November 8, 2013
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Senior year of high school.
Chapter 17

Trying To Be Kids

Posted November 9, 2013
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Musical Influences and John Lennon
Chapter 18

Music & John

Posted November 10, 2013
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Attending the movies when there wasn't much else.
Chapter 19

Hittin' the Flick

Posted November 11, 2013
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Mohammed Ali when he was Cassius Clay
Chapter 20

The Greatest: Part 1

Posted November 12, 2013
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Part 2 Cassius Clay/Muhammed Ali
Chapter 21

Ali!

Posted November 13, 2013
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The election of 1972, an end of an era
Chapter 22

The Last Hurrah!

Posted November 14, 2013
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The election of 1972, an end of an era
Chapter 22

The Last Hurrah!

Posted November 13, 2013
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The election of 1972, an end of an era
Chapter 22

The Last Hurrah!

Posted November 13, 2013
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The election of 1972, an end of an era
Chapter 22

The Last Hurrah!

Posted November 13, 2013
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Progress in the sixties.
Chapter 23

Color T.V. Oh My!

Posted November 16, 2013
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Domestic violence
Chapter 24

Abuse: Predators & Predation

Posted November 17, 2013
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Abuse in the workplace
Chapter 25

Abuse 2, Going Postal

Posted November 18, 2013
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Part 3 on abuse, War veterans, woman
Chapter 26

More Abuse

Posted November 19, 2013
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My background in music and thoughts on the music of my day
Chapter 27

Words and Music

Posted November 20, 2013
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Grandma dies, 1st marriage, what a dummy
Chapter 28

Marriage & Freedom?

Posted November 21, 2013
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Growing up with racism as a child and then older
Chapter 29

Growing Up With Racism

Posted November 22, 2013
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My music career in the seventies.
Chapter 30

Another Dylan Song?

Posted November 23, 2013
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An essay on the birth of the new media.
Chapter 31

Watergate, Princess Diana Connected?

Posted November 24, 2013
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Considering the fifties in retrospect.
Chapter 32

The Fifties: A myth?

Posted November 26, 2013
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Music and culture in the 70s
Chapter 33

The 70s Part 1: The Music

Posted November 27, 2013
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The movies of the 70s
Chapter 34

The 70s Part 2: The Movies

Posted November 28, 2013
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early commercials and some thoughts about them
Chapter 35

a little dab'll do ya

Posted November 29, 2013
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television, social issues, my issues
Chapter 36

The 70s, the 60s are calling.

Posted November 30, 2013
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McDonalds destroys business by inventing Walmart
Chapter 37

the $0.15 burger destroys the world

Posted December 1, 2013
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a little biographical interlude, with love
Chapter 38

Freedom

Posted December 2, 2013
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not an artist
Chapter 39

Nothingness

Posted December 3, 2013
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Various Christmas recollections
Chapter 40

Christmas

Posted December 4, 2013
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our first business
Chapter 41

Tropical Paradise

Posted December 5, 2013
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a couple influences and some misc.
Chapter 42

Socrates & Wyatt Earp, a tangent

Posted December 6, 2013
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Our bird store moves to Pasadena. Name changes.
Chapter 43

Donna's Bird House, Part One

Posted December 7, 2013
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Part two, a second venture
Chapter 44

Donna's Bird House, Bird Walk

Posted December 9, 2013
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final chapter on Donna's Bird House
Chapter 45

Donna's Bird House, part 3

Posted December 10, 2013
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pets from childhood to beyond
Chapter 46

Pets, Part One

Posted December 10, 2013
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part two of four about family pets
Chapter 47

Pets, Part two

Posted December 11, 2013
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pets. part three of four
Chapter 48

Pets, Part 3

Posted December 12, 2013
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final pet section.
Chapter 49

Pets, Part 4

Posted December 12, 2013
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essay on a writer's dilemma
Chapter 50

What to Show the World

Posted December 13, 2013
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Mother Nature and the Gerbil King
Chapter 51

Pets, Part 5, Mother Nature

Posted December 14, 2013
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Part 6 and final I think!
Chapter 52

Pets, Part 6, Pet Crimes!

Posted December 14, 2013
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going to yard sales and thrift stores etc.
Chapter 53

Yard Sales & Lincoln's Assassination

Posted December 15, 2013
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A Consideration of Ancestry and Ethnicity
Chapter 54

Roderick the Ill-Advised

Posted December 15, 2013
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The Never Starting Story
Chapter 55

Chapter 55: That's You?

Posted December 17, 2013
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Chapter 56

Chapter 56 Burt Mustin & Mikey

Posted December 18, 2013
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The Never Starting Story
Chapter 57

Chapter 57: What to Show the World

Posted December 20, 2013
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Chapter 58

Chapter 58 What R You Talking About?

Posted December 19, 2013
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Chapter 59

Chapter 59: A Mother's Voice

Posted December 20, 2013
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Chapter 60

Chapter 60: Too Much Information?

Posted December 21, 2013
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Chapter 61

Chapter 61 These People Are Crazy!

Posted December 24, 2013
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Chapter 62

Chapter 62 These People Are Crazy 2

Posted December 25, 2013
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The first political T.V. add that was a big fat lie.
Chapter 63

The Great Society

Posted January 25, 2015
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