The other day I was watching the Science Channel and one of the Quantum Physicists said that a shadow of a universe can be seen from a telescope which gave rise to the hypothesis that before our universe existed that there may have been another. They concluded that when our universe is no more that it simply resets itself and begins anew.

Chet thought deep thoughts. He pondered how he had been adopted by Thelma and Carol and who his biological parents were. He remembered living in a different state than Illinois and a different town than Eldorado. In his memories, he was slim and trim and had 20/20 vision. He was the star of the football team and had to beat the girls off with a stick as was a customary saying in the 60s’. He was a student at Eldorado High School and Billy B. was his best friend…but there were subtle differences in his dim recollection.

‘Let’s go to the Orpheum Theatre and see Frankenstein this Saturday,’ Billy B. said to Chet and Jane. Jane agreed but had to ask, ‘Did we not do that already?’ Well, we certainly have talked about it…but we have not gone yet,’ Billy B. replied.

Neva J. was troubled by her recurrent memory of living in Eldorado with Billy B. and the breakup of her marriage. The problem with this memory was that she was happily married and she and Bill and Billy B. lived in Chicago and she was planning on a sojourn to the Magnificent Mile to watch the Debut of Lady and the Tramp with Billy B. and Steve and Susie. She had dreams where she and Billy B. were impoverished and were forced to count on a program for the poor called Commodities to just have something to eat. Also in these dreams, her mom and sisters were constantly after her to go to church with them and get saved.

Jane and Billy B. and Chet were sitting in the Orpheum Theatre thoroughly enjoying Frankenstein with Boris Karloff playing the monster. It was an unusual showing at the Orpheum for Christmas Day…but the house was packed…and the Christmas Spirit abounded!

Billy B. had received a stereo for his Christmas present. He loved his stereo. He was a bit mesmerized by the turning of the vinyl record on the magnificent turntable. Along with the gift of the stereo was the soundtrack of Good Times…the Sonny and Cher movie that he had recently seen and adored…he had a crush on Cher. They were at the midnight showing which actually began at 10:00 P:M:. Billy B. looked down at his Timex Watch which had the glow-in-the-dark feature. The green luminescent numbers and the hands revealed that it was midnight.

‘I do not want to be late for football practice…and Abigail will be waiting for me,’ Chet exclaimed to his mom and dad.

‘Billy B. hurry up we want to get our photo under our massive Christmas Tree…you and me and your wonderful father,’ said Neva J.

‘Mom, do you think that we will ever live in Eldorao with Grandma A. and cousins Brenda and Gene,’ asked Billy B.?

Billy B. watched the continuous rotation of the Good Times Soundtrack on the turntable of his new stereo. He wondered about the loop of life…