A long time ago and in a land far away I used to work at a video store called, Video Zone (which later changed its name to Video Park where I had to answer the phone, "The Video Zone/Video Park, Clovis, this is Morgan, how can I help you?").  I worked there from about '91-'94, it was one of the best jobs I ever had.  My boss was Jim.  Jim was a cool boss.  He played drums in a band, he used to have a radio show at Fresno State, he was into computers and then moved away and got a computer job…  hey, that sounds like my story! 

Anyway, Jim has popped up lately on a couple of places like and Twitter and Facebook. He posted a 1991 vintage picture of himself on Twitter yesterday.  I have no idea what he looks like these days, but that photo is exactly how I remember him.  I commented on it and said that I should look around for a vintage 1991 Morgan picture somewhere. 

Shortly after I posted that comment my good friend Dave (super genius and party organizer extraordinaire) sent me an email with these 2 pictures.  At first glance I thought they were from different years, but I think they were taken a few months apart.  The funny thing is that I'm wearing the same glasses, necklace and t-shirt in both pictures, but my hair is completely different. 

Way back in '91 Dave, John and I took a trip to Tahoe, Reno and Carson City.  I had just turned 21, and was the oldest of the bunch.  I think we were only kicked out of one casino because the other guys were underage.  The reason I remember it being 1991 was just before the trip was when I first saw the video for Sells Like Teen Spirit on 120 Minutes.  On the way back from Tahoe we stopped in Sacramento and Dave bought Nevermind and I bought the Teen Spirit CD single. 

The one picture is me in front of Bill's Casino in Tahoe.  Dave's last name is Bill so we thought we should take pictures in front of "his" casino.   The other picture is probably from a party at Dave's house on Old Corral Ranch Road.   A couple of drinks and a bar stool makes me the life of the party - it's true.  I think there's another picture from that series of me in my underpants, but maybe we'll that some other day. 

So - this all got me thinking about all the pictures I have in a shoebox in a closet.  Next week I'm starting my 4 weeks of night shift duty, which loosely means I'll have 160 hours of nothing to do.  I think I'm going to scan in all my old pictures and get them organized.  It's something I've been meaning to do for a while, now I'll have the time for it. 

Anyway, enjoy these pics…