keep on keepin' on

one of those catch phrases that i always enjoyed in my early twenties. then there is keep on truckin'. beef had one of his signature large non-folding wallets that had a yellow patch sewn upon the face of the wallet with a comical old bearded man with the latter mentioned catch phrase.

wallets have a story behind them, no? i can recall several wallets that i really liked through the years. i bounced in and out of the velcro phases of wallets a time or two. one of my first wallets was, and i hang my head shamefully but you must remember that i was in 5th grade, a black nylon bi-fold that i bought at the qwick trip gas station. screen printed upon the front was the copyrighted playboy bunny profile face.

at the time, i had no idea what playboy really was other than some nudie mag that seemed to raise the eyebrows of generations--for what reason, i was unsure, but i thought i'd cast my vote by getting a sheath that would hold my public library card and my $5 a week allowance.

but get this-- a boyhood chum of mine, a "good" friend who was notorious for thieving at stores and staying out late with his carousing alcohol-dependent parents, stole my wallet and an atari video game from me in the same night. needless to say, i was crushed. my ego was shot, i lost my library card, my pitfall video game, four bucks and change, and my forlorned friend.