DROPPING NAMES (ALSO KNOWN AS NAME DROPPING)

I ran into Tony Parker Monday evening at the San Antonio Zoo. Literally.

More like bumped into.

He kept on going. No harm done. Saved me the embarrassment of apologizing. We were at a donor’s party for people who’d helped finance the second children’s train the zoo had commissioned. It’s a beauty. Roxanne and I had the privilege of having our names on one of the cars.

So did the rest of the guests, probably millionaires all. Valero executives. Union Pacific executives. And former San Antonio Spurs basketball star Tony Parker.

My sister and I have seen lots of famous people, and met quite a few as well. I think he was our first sports star.

Here’s our list.

Stephen King and Ray Bradbury. Danny DeVito and Sam Jones. Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. George R.R. Martin and Harlan Ellison. Peter Straub and Joe Lansdale. Lana Turner and Prince Charles. Kevin Sorbo and Ronald Reagan. Jack Hanna and Matthew McConaughey. Buzz Lightyear and James Patterson.  

Lance Armstrong and Forest Whitaker. Quentin Tarantino and Jack Williamson. Lawrence Block and David Morrell. Connie Willis and Ty Pennington. Duff Goldman and Mickey Mouse. Doug Jones and Charlaine Harris.

And I won’t even mention the actors and writers we’ve seen on stage, like Yul Brenner and William Shatner.

Multi-millionaires, not so much. And mostly at charity events.

We even have two celebrity friends, Bill Oberst Jr and Jaston Williams, well known and esteemed stage actors.

Take a look at the train the bunch of us bought for the San Antonio Zoo. Ours is the yellow one. Last Monday evening Roxanne and most of the millionaires rode in the new yellow train they financed.

Tony Parker rode in the green one.

FYI I have written a very good horror novel about a train. A Resurrection of Starlings.

You can find it here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NN64X2S/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NFYSALUPYO25