House of Jitters

Farewell, Farrah.

2009-06-25T15:52:00.000-07:00

I need to note the passing today of my first big crush, my first major obsession, Farrah Fawcett. During the heyday of Charlie's Angels I was totally taken with her. I had three scrap books of pictures I cut out and taped to its pages. I wrote her a letter, bought her poster and dreamed of meeting her one day, but that wasn't to happen. I recall reading back then that she was into art, sculpting in particular. I also recall there was talk that in her famous poster the letters S-E-X were spelled out in her hair. Why bother spelling it in the curls of her hair when it was so obvious in the curves of her body? At any rate, it's sad that she didn't have a happier life. I couldn't believe that she got a nose job in her later years. One of the most beautiful smiles on one of the most beautiful faces I still have ever seen. Goodbye, Farrah.

My first girlfriend

2009-02-10T08:55:00.000-08:00

There's a great picture my dad took that I'll have to dig up. It's of my four-year-old self hugging my first girlfriend.

She was 17 1/2 feet tall and weighed 450 pounds.

We used to drive by her each morning where she stood on the side of the road at 1800 SW Washington in Peoria, Illinois. She caught my eye and kept my interest. She seemed to me a monolithic monument to womanhood and feminine wiles. At that point in my life though, I just thought she was beautiful.

Vanna Whitewall

I remember the morning my dad took that picture. I was happy that I finally got to touch her, not caring at all that the people driving past that morning watched me as I stood there and publicly displayed my affection for her. I wrapped my arms around her ankle and smiled.

Vanna Whitewall

What is the House of Jitters?

2009-01-28T14:08:00.000-08:00

The House of Jitters wears many wigs. It's the name of our cobweb site, our cobweb show (coming soonish) and it's where Nurse Titters and Dr. Jitters live. It will one day be the name of our other various experiments, such as a web radio show, live performances and the like. Our first mission was to memorialize the TV heroes we grew up with in central Illinois. Check out the history of the Acri Creature Feature and The Captain Jinks show below.

Click image to visit our cobweb site. Use your browser's back button to return.

AOL hometown shut down. Finding old sites.

2008-11-12T09:22:00.000-08:00

I was surprised to find that AOL just shut down their homepage service on Oct. 31st. There were many great websites created through that service that simply no longer exist. Or do they?!

If you are one of many former AOL Hometown users who lost their files, you can find archived versions at, where else, Archive.org.

Go to www.archive.org and type in your old URL in their "wayback machine". You'll find barebones copies (often without the picture files) of the lost websites there. Apparently, Archive.org is interested in saving information while AOL is only interested in their bottom line.

I hope this helps a couple of people retrieve their lost information!

Welcome!

2008-09-26T08:46:00.000-07:00

Thanks for looking in! Keep an eye on this space for some posts about my favorite "bad" directors -- such moguls as Dwain Esper, Ed Wood, Ray Dennis Steckler and David "The Rock" Nelson among many others.

Dr. Jitters