"The Odd Couple"

About "The Odd Couple"
April 10, 2008 with Regal Crest Enterprises


For almost three years, Charlene Sudsbury has been grieving for her son, JP, who killed himself. She is trying to move on with her life, but she wants answers, to know why JP committed suicide. One day, at JP's
grave, Charlene meets Gareth, a four-year-old boy. He is nearly the mirror image of JP, and Charlene believes she is somehow connected to Gareth, perhaps that he is her grandson.

Morrisey, Gareth's mother, is trying to move on from a traumatic experience in her life as well. She and Charlene form an unusual bond as Gareth brings them closer and as
Charlene copes with the awful truth about her son. But the reappearance of an old friend of JP's threatens to shatter the life Morrisey and Charlene have been building.

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A brush with fame

I just got back from a weekend trip to DC. The centerpiece of the trip was a Saturday baseball game between the Nationals and the Atlanta Braves (my favorite team).

The Braves won 10-2, but my favorite part of the game happened even before it started.

Before I left for the stadium, I realized that I'd brought nothing for the players to sign. I considered buying a program, but I don't care about the Nationals. I had brought some extra copies of "The Odd Couple" with me to DC, and I had a brilliant idea. Why not bring one copy to the game with me and have the players sign that?

That's exactly what I did. And despite the weather (a rain delay postponed the game's start by 90 minutes), despite there being no batting or fielding practice, a few people came to sign autographs: pitcher Royce Ring and coaches Roger McDowell and Eddie Perez. I didn't get McDowell's or Perez's autographs, but I got Royce Ring's.

Here's the picture of him signing TOC. I've decided to make this copy of TOC my "autograph" book. I'll ask my girlfriend and friends to sign it. If I go somewhere where I might get an autograph, I'll bring TOC.

Adds a great twist to the ol' autograph biz, eh?