Barry Redmond
Baltimore native; Baltimore County resident since 1954. Four years of public school, then military school through graduation. Four years of undergraduate work at Towson University; admitted to graduate school program of Professional Writing and completed two semesters in 1990. Worked as an administrator at Towson for 12 years; several years of experience in retail management; business owner (antiques and vending); other work in retail, temporary agencies, auction house. Experience as a writer, editor, poet, and author. Collector at one time or another of antiques, entertainment memorabilia, and other collectibles. Spent past several years as general contractor, having home improvement projects done on the home my family has owned for more than 50 years, and doing some smaller projects myself.
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Los Angeles: Hollywood Boulevard, Part IIA continuation of the tour of old Hollywood, led by someone who has been there several times.
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Los Angeles: Hollywood Boulevard, Part IThere are many sights to see and sites to visit along Hollywood Blvd. in the heart of Hollywood. This article is part of a series written by someone who has been there several times.
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Los Angeles: The Hollywood BowlGo just a little north of Hollywood Blvd. to visit the Hollywood Bowl during the day, when you can really see it.
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The Grandparents I Never KnewPeople are lucky if they've had the chance to know their grandparents, even some of them. Three of mine were gone before--or long before--I was born; the fourth died when I was three, and I don't remember her.
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Military School: Living StatuesIn an all boys school, differences are settled in a variety of ways. Sometimes, a fight settles an issue. But other times, the hint of violence is sufficient.
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Dumb Kid Stuff, Part IIThis is the continuing saga of my apparent efforts to shorten my life during a brief period in my younger days.
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Dumb Kid Stuff, Part IDuring about a one-year period, I did a number on myself, not once, but twice, and they were definitely non-habit forming!
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The Breezeway: Architectural Feature of the PastThe breezeway is the feature I've always liked most about the house next door, but I don't see it anywhere now, and I suppose it's lost to design history.
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The CSI's: What's Next?The three CSI TV shows, the original, Miami, and New York, have all been on the air for awhile. Here's what I think about each of them.
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Rescue: The Bird in the Vent Hood!Animals can get themselves into tight--and tough--spots. Here's a story of how a bird managed to get itself into the vent above my stove, and how I got him (or her) out.
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Baltimore's Oriole CafeteriaThe Oriole Cafeteria is long gone, but I remember the oldest location in the city, and it was full of character, as well as good, simple food.
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The Day JFK DiedThe day that President John F. Kennedy died was a normal Friday for me--until we got word that the unimaginable had happened.
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Looking Back: Lightning Strike!In the summer of 1964, a lightning strike at the peak of the tallest house in the neighborhood set the attic on fire and brought out the fire department--and the neighbors.
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Westwood Memorial Park: Hidden Attraction on LA's West SideWestwood Memorial Park, discretely located behind the office buildings on Wilshire Blvd., is an attraction for those who wish to visit celebrities who have passed on. The list of "residents" is a true Who's Who of show business legends.
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Natalie Wood as AnastasiaNatalie Wood died during production of her last film, "Brainstorm," but her next project, "Anastasia," would have been her first venture on the live stage.
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Injured on the Job!During my first retail management gig, I had, on the first day of my second year, a very unpleasant experience involving a box cutter.
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LA's Bradbury BuildingDowntown Los Angeles boasts one of the coolest buildings anywhere: the Bradbury, which dates to the 1890's and has appeared in countless movies, television shows, and TV commercials.
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The Best Unsold TV Pilot Ever!"The Bakery," an unsold pilot aired as filler in the late eighties, is the very best of its kind I've ever seen.
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Alfred Hitchcock's "Frenzy"Throught his entire career, Alfred Hitchcock directed masterpieces of suspense, incorporating subtle fear, dread, and menace. Why, then, is "Frenzy" so very in-your-face?
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Saving Money Means More Room in My MailboxLess mail means fewer bills, fewer packages, fewer magazines, etc. So, less mail is actually a symptom of saving money.
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Dogs as DecorIt's a mystery as to why some people own dogs, since they treat them more like a piece of the furniture.
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That's Entertainment?Network television (the Big Four) do air some quality shows, but much of their programming is pure junk. Where are the biggest problems, and why do they persist?
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Natalie Wood's 28th Birthday Surprise PartyA story of Natalie Wood's surprise 28th birthday party in 1966, as arranged and told by her secretary.
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Looking BackThis is my first remembrance of events in my life, as I look back from age 60, whether trivial or important, and is of a weird moment when I became a hero of sorts, just because I followed my routine.
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JFK's Local Campaign StopCandidate John Kennedy made a local campaign stop in 1960, but, even though I was there, I was too young to care and paid no attention. If I only knew then what I know now.
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On First Seeing "The Tingler"A memory of how the William Castle film, "The Tingler," scared bloody hell out of me in 1959.
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Looking BackA memory of a trip with my family to Miami in the summer of 1959 and our week's stay there.
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So Many I's in PoliticianPresidential candidates make speech after speech after speech, promising, if elected, they will change the country for the better. However, as long as they're running for office in this country, all that speechifying means nothing.