Chase the Brony Cop
Chase Hedges dream was to get into law enforcement, but a run in with the law made realizing his dream a lot more complicated. This is part 1 of 2. Click here to go to part 2 of the podcast
Dreamers Empire
When I was a kid, maybe around 9 or 10 years old, I saw a cartoon of Goofy driving a car at Disneyland. Unlike the actual ride, it appeared to me he was driving all through out the magical park. I was in a state of awed admiration, or wonderment. I asked my mom if we could go there some day and I think she said maybe, which I decided meant yes. Indeed, in 1974 my family piled into our Pontiac Catalina and drove to California. Besides getting car sick I have a ton of great memories from that trip. We stayed at a hotel in Reno that cost like $20 and breakfast was a couple bucks at most, and we loved it. We swam in small hotel pools, played pinball machines, flew in my moms uncles plane over Los Angeles, saw Hearst castle, but the highlight was Disneyland. Those cars btw, not quite what I had imagined. However, my dad was really impressed with Disneyland and I loved that he felt that. At the end of the day we had 3 extra E tickets and not only did my parents allow us to ride Pirates of the Carribean one more time, but they let me navigate my brother and sister there, through the park, on our own. This has to be the peek of wonderment in my childhood. I’m 55 now and my body is slowing down, but not my imagination. I’m happy to discover that there are many folks who like me continue to…