ONE OF THOSE FINDS

With the ol’ Ma’s 63rd birthday a mere 5 days away I suggested to my wife that we make a trip to Half Pice Books in the search of a present, not to mention a night of shopping for yours truly. A half hour into our journey through the racks of used books, magazines and CD’s I stumbled across one of those finds. The kind that make your eyes open wide and your heart skip a beat. There I was…scanning the CD’s, trying to remember all of the titles I have been forever searching for…when there it was. Two KISS Solo Album 8-Track cassettes…in the original Casablanca Records and Filmworks sleeve. I grabbed them without hesitation…pausing to make sure no one was lurking around the corner waiting to nab my new found glory. In the original Casablanca sleeves???? Are you kidding me? The most rewarding part…yes sure they are 8-Tracks and most mortal men no longer own an 8-Track player so the demand may be low, but I paid a simple 0.98 cents per cassette. That’s right. On a normal Friday night that I would have normally spent watching THREE’S COMPANY reruns I walked away with a piece of 1970’s KISS glory for no more than two dollars. Thank God for the simple pleasure in life…not to mention my mom.