The ORIGINAL Adventures of Capt. Eddie

Well, it’s that time again — March 28th, the anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. The worst commercial nuclear accident in United States history. When it happened, it was the worst commercial nuclear accident in everyone’s history. The fact that it has since been surpassed in “worseness” — a couple of different times — should tell you something right there.

Normally when I post in this blog about Three Mile Island (like here…

Captain Eddie Streaks His Way to Fame

June 19, 2020December 27, 2024 - by The Captain

When I lived in Gandhi Hall at St. Joe’s in Philly in the early 1970s, there were no cell phones. Instead, we had a single pay phone on the wall in the hallway, shared among 20-some guys.

Let’s stop right here and explain to the youngsters: A “pay phone” was a large, bulky telephone with slots for coins so you could insert money to pay for your phone calls. A local call cost ten cents, …

The Origins of Capt. Eddie

August 11, 2019December 27, 2024 - by The Captain - 6 Comments.

Photo of Capt. Eddie in the 1970s — A rare surviving photo of Capt. Eddie in the early- to mid-1970s. Not sure how the photo acquired its blue tint — for that matter, I’m not even sure who took it, or where — but it looks kind of cool, doesn’t it?

Seeing as how this blog is titled “The Further Adventures of Capt. Eddie,” it sort of implies that Capt. Eddie had at least a few adventures before this blog was started. Well, …