November Birthdays 
I just finished an essay on physician-assisted suicide, and a few paragraphs ago I was staring at the wall zoning out and for no reason I had a flashback of some apparently repressed memory--possibly of my first brush with surf music. (I've had absolutely no recollection of this until now.)
I think I was in 6th or 7th grade and was watching TV when some commercial came on advertising some CD compilation. I can't remember if it was all surf, but I remember seeing that one song was something called "Wipeout" by some band called the "Surfaris." I remember thinking "what kind of loser would build an entire musical career off the the sport of surfing? That's DUMB."
Man, what a punk. And then four years later I discover Phil Dirt's show and get addicted. Three years after that and I'm an aspiring surf guitarist. 
Anyways, I just figured some people might find that kinda funny... Or offensive. I was offended. 
wooza--you aren't alone! i've got vague memories of a guy that played the guitar backwards when we lived in oceanside ca. back in the early 60's. .........my mom told me that it wasn't "seemly" to be doing something like that. later i saw him in some really bad surf movies but the 1st wave had already bowled me over! i thought the beach boys were hilarious--but cool! what a way to live and make a living! who would have thought?? peace
