tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post4256043086243867652..comments2024-03-29T10:09:22.033+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Begonia and Teenage Celebrity CrushesSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-40369964418411688132021-10-18T14:49:09.593+01:002021-10-18T14:49:09.593+01:00I don't think I have ever seen Blue Lagoon, bu...I don't think I have ever seen Blue Lagoon, but I remember my peers talking about Brooke Shields in it. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-54938129422349875132021-10-18T10:14:54.759+01:002021-10-18T10:14:54.759+01:00Strike through Scott Baio.Strike through Scott Baio.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-20464288822414354172021-10-18T09:55:08.095+01:002021-10-18T09:55:08.095+01:00That's not a part of Florida I visited very of...That's not a part of Florida I visited very often, because I lived on the other side of the state near Tampa -- but I still considered it my home turf for movie purposes. :)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-40249954406795585612021-10-18T09:54:20.306+01:002021-10-18T09:54:20.306+01:00Yeah, it really DOES get better, as all the YouTub...Yeah, it really DOES get better, as all the YouTube activists were saying to young LGBT people a couple of years ago.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-39969486399602916482021-10-18T09:53:30.154+01:002021-10-18T09:53:30.154+01:00Agreed!Agreed!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-21360215404262731342021-10-18T09:53:23.465+01:002021-10-18T09:53:23.465+01:00It was the '70s! (Well, early '80s.) EVERY...It was the '70s! (Well, early '80s.) EVERYBODY had a lot of hair!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-80269299920293046212021-10-18T09:49:13.733+01:002021-10-18T09:49:13.733+01:00Yeah, the leaves are pretty amazing!Yeah, the leaves are pretty amazing!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-75196704271813891262021-10-18T09:41:59.250+01:002021-10-18T09:41:59.250+01:00Ricky Nelson was cute in his time. There's a g...Ricky Nelson was cute in his time. There's a great video of him on YouTube singing with Dean Martin, from the 1959 movie "Rio Bravo."Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-69790313577146403952021-10-18T09:38:49.417+01:002021-10-18T09:38:49.417+01:00Maybe you just weren't paying much attention t...Maybe you just weren't paying much attention to movies back in the mid- to late '70s!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-49068985563691587622021-10-18T09:38:20.730+01:002021-10-18T09:38:20.730+01:00Oh, Martin Milner! He WAS cute back when he was yo...Oh, Martin Milner! He WAS cute back when he was young -- before "Adam-12."Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-76080102305098205022021-10-18T09:37:13.740+01:002021-10-18T09:37:13.740+01:00That's an awesome story!That's an awesome story!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-27383494856146553512021-10-18T09:35:55.003+01:002021-10-18T09:35:55.003+01:00I do too! It really caused a storm at the time.I do too! It really caused a storm at the time.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-85713861305003562152021-10-18T09:35:36.835+01:002021-10-18T09:35:36.835+01:00As is so often the case with teenage sex symbols. ...As is so often the case with teenage sex symbols. Leif Garrett, anyone? (I never understood his appeal.)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-26164637458892418962021-10-18T09:35:01.479+01:002021-10-18T09:35:01.479+01:00I don't know offhand what type of begonia it i...I don't know offhand what type of begonia it is. I'll look at the plant when I have a chance and report back!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-39841719119076599222021-10-18T09:34:37.188+01:002021-10-18T09:34:37.188+01:00LOL -- it's true!LOL -- it's true!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-42668558361475240182021-10-18T09:33:33.431+01:002021-10-18T09:33:33.431+01:00Yeah, it's really soggy out there! Fortunately...Yeah, it's really soggy out there! Fortunately I have some good water-resistant walking shoes.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-2810226978378238792021-10-18T09:32:50.678+01:002021-10-18T09:32:50.678+01:00I think even parents are less likely nowadays to t...I think even parents are less likely nowadays to take nude pictures of their kids than they used to be. There's much better awareness now of the ways kids can be exploited.<br /><br />On the other hand, Western society has long been queasy about sexuality to a crazy degree. Thanks to the Victorians, as I understand it!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-63552570982813379492021-10-18T09:29:59.690+01:002021-10-18T09:29:59.690+01:00Neither one was prize-winning cinema!Neither one was prize-winning cinema!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-21076872274668801582021-10-18T09:29:15.138+01:002021-10-18T09:29:15.138+01:00Well, by that time, I'd realized I couldn'...Well, by that time, I'd realized I couldn't simply resist it (and didn't really want to) so I was embracing my identity and moving forward, but keeping it to myself!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-28146213797459818132021-10-18T09:28:13.182+01:002021-10-18T09:28:13.182+01:00Scott Baio is, sadly, a right-wing nutcase.Scott Baio is, sadly, a right-wing nutcase.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-55086492238717825282021-10-17T19:20:57.691+01:002021-10-17T19:20:57.691+01:00He might have held up well in the looks department...He might have held up well in the looks department, but let me tell you, you want to talk about a tool...Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-76756489877051902522021-10-17T19:17:45.872+01:002021-10-17T19:17:45.872+01:00I live near Titusville as well. They had tornadoes...I live near Titusville as well. They had tornadoes Friday. <br /><br />That begonia is quite striking. <br />Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-25560829169381869992021-10-17T17:54:24.748+01:002021-10-17T17:54:24.748+01:00I cannot hear the word begonia without thinking of...I cannot hear the word begonia without thinking of my mother, who tended many of them them in the garden of my childhood home. I can't stop thinking of you as a yearning teen, watching a movie everyone else was watching and feeling as if you were doing something illicit. Things worked out well in the end, I'd say. Life is such a journey, and I think we only really realize how far we've traveled when we cast out minds back to where we started.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-63028104833323314972021-10-17T17:32:21.141+01:002021-10-17T17:32:21.141+01:00That begonia is spectacular - flowers are a bonus....That begonia is spectacular - flowers are a bonus. <br />Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475433199308666648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-78023218757530546592021-10-17T17:19:11.313+01:002021-10-17T17:19:11.313+01:00Christopher Atkins had fr too much hair for my lik...Christopher Atkins had fr too much hair for my likingJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.com