Flashback: March 1987

This month 20 years ago, the late President Ronald Reagan addressed the American people on the Iran-Contra Affair and conceded that the matter had devolved into a situation where arms were traded for hostages.

Also in this month, Wrestlemania III was held at the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, MI. At the time, this event set an attendance record for indoor sporting events. As you can probably imagine, though, this record has been disputed given the uncertainty as to whether professional wrestling can be rightly regarded as a sport.

Wife of a Cobra Kai Member

That would be Class of '87 alum Shari Tomei whose husband, Christopher Paul Ford, was in the movie The Karate Kid Part III. Ford played one of the members of the eeevil Cobra Kai group who wanted to beat the snot out of the main character played by Ralph Macchio. The movie sucked, but hey...

According to an entry on the North High School Alumni forum, Shari is a part owner of a Hawaiian food restaurant (more like a food court stand) in Gardena, CA called Back Home, Jr.

Sorry for the Infrequent Posting

Not that I'm sure there's a lot of people hitting this site, but nevertheless, I just haven't been much motivated lately to blog. I'll hopefully get motivated soon, but in the meantime, if there's anything you'd like to contribute, feel free to leave a comment.

Flashback: February 1987

During this month 20 years ago, events in the Iran-Contra affair started picking up steam in terms of public exposure as the Tower Commission released its investigative report.

Other notable historical events which occurred in February 2007 include:

• British Airways becoming privatized and listed on the London Stock Exchange
• The first supernova observable by the human naked eye since 1604 appeared
• Two Unabomber bombs explode in Salt Lake City, Utah within days of each other
• The new constitution of the Philippines goes into effect
  

Mulletmania circa 1987

Yup, the mullet was certainly very popular in the 1980's, and there was no shortage of such haircuts among the guys in North High's Class of '87.

Here's a short list of fellas who sported the "business up front, party in the back" coif for their senior yearbook pictures:

James Gideon
Yuchiro Mimura
Ted Okuno
Anthony Perez
David Perez
Ambrose Quintanilla
Reinier Ryke
Michael Scott
Neil Wada

你好!

Whether or not it was by accident, "hello" to the person in Beijing, China who stopped by for a glance at the blog.

Lawyer Up

Not real sure if this is the same Ty Kehoe from North's Class of '87, but it looks like it might be, especially since he notes that he was born in 1969 (the year that almost all of the Class of '87 was born).