Brushes with Destiny

[trekgeezer]

I went to Junior and Senior  High School with Billy Bob Thornton. I will not claim to be a friend of  his, the one time I remember speaking to him I believe he thought  I was going to hit him.

 I only remember him being a real square kinda guy.  He wore dorky glasses and clothes and had short hair when everyone else was wearing it long.  He  had a kinda strut when he walked that made him look like a real dork and a half (I believe he was trying to be cool).  We had  our 30 year  reunion this year and a lot of people thought  he might show up because he was back in Arkansas doing a movie, but he didn't  .

His friend  Rick Dial  (his boss in Slingblade, the radio guy in  Robert Duvalls Apostle) came  though. He still lives in Malvern where we grew up and runs a furniture store. I believe Duvall and Billy have tried to talk him into  becoming a character actor full time, but he prefers the furniture store. He said he is using the money from his acting gigs  to send his daughter through college.

Two of my older brothers were friends with Frank Bonner  (Herb from WKRP in Cincinatti) as children.  They really hadn't kept  up  with each other  and one of  my brothers was at the local drive- in  watching the movie The Equinox  when to his surprise  there is  Frank  Boers (his real last name) in the movie.  This movie by the way falls under the  category  of  a Bad Movie.  Maybe I should look it up and review it .