Substitute intelligence

- This is a series of journal entries and other recollections from the 1980s and beyond. Jimmy invented the name when he did the logo for one of my notebooks.

A taste of wine (Aug. 24, 1969)

We're all right (Aug. 31, 1969)False Alarm (Feb. 27, 1971, March 10, 1971)Nova Scotia or bust (summer,1971)A tape for Al in Portland (Dec. 24, 1971)Layla (July 17, 1972)Jimmy gets stuck in Nebraska with Ginger (Sept. 9, 1972)The Truth comes out (Sept. 23, 1972)Take me home country roads (Sept. 24, 1972)Recording Jimmy for Posterity (1972-73)Bird of Paradise (1974)All bets are off (1974)Ah, Carol! (Feb. 12, 1974)Three Red Vans (1975)Meeting Mary (1975)

A date with Carol and Cosmic Judy (June, 1975)

Jimmy buys an air-conditioner (July 1975)
Not quite the super bowl (Nov. 10, 1975)
Bob's store of used dreams (1976)
A kiss for luck on New Years (Jan. 1, 1977)
A touch of Othello (Jan. 14, 1980)
Art Circle of Hate (July 8, 1980)
Better than being lost alone (July 21, 1980)
Jimmy does his laundry (Jan. 6, 1981)
Marriage (Dec. 12, 1981)
An Old Fashioned Christmas? (Dec. 14, 1981)
Selling fake flowers in the mall (Dec.17,1981)
Christmas with Frank (Dec. 23, 1981)
Wish you were here (Dec. 24, 1981)
In search of Christmas (Dec. 25, 1981)
Moving the Garlands one last time (Dec. 29, 1981)
Last gasp before the new year (Dec. 30, 1981)
Jimmy as John Lennon? (Jan. 15, 1982)
Love's inspiration? (June 12, 1982)
Jimmy as wizard (June 18, 1982)
Is Frank dying (June 23, 1982)
The end of magic (July 2, 1982)
That last time in Towaco together (July 3, 1982)

He heard she's getting married (Dec. 30, 1982)

Jimmy's return to Passaic (Aug. 22, 1983)

The end of paradise (Aug. 26, 1983)

Jimmy as a Michelangelo painting (Sept. 1, 1983)

Just for sport (Sept. 9, 1983)
Jimmy: man of habit (Oct. 1, 1983)
Sanctuary (Oct. 10, 1983)
JImmly wants a lizard (Nov. 11, 1983)
The emptiness inside (Nov. 19, 1983)
A matter of money (Nov. 27, 1983)


Not love; not yet (Jan. 4, 1984)
The Lost Dream (Jan. 4, 1984)
The Letter (Jan. 10, 1984)
From Godly to godless (Jan. 1984) 
Words of Love (Jan. 9, 1985) 
Where has all the money gone? (March, 1985)
Jessica is not Ginger (June 1, 1985)
Bobble head Pluto (June 16, 1985) 
Love Struck Jimmy at 35 (June 1985)
Jimmy turns 35 as Bertrand Island closes (Dec 27, 1985) 
Jimmy's Library Life (1986-2011)
My Friend Charlie (Dec. 1990)
Jimmy's new toy (Dec. 30, 1990)
We grow old; we drink our coffee cold (Jan. 4, 1993)
Am I paranoid or what? (April 16, 1993)
Jimmy is no longer conservative (Aug. 4, 1993)
Towacco all over again (May 31, 1994)
End of the Road in Hopatcong (June 3, 1994)
What should have been (June 5, 1994)
Head in a jar (June 6, 1994)
Bad Christmas? (Dec. 26, 1994)
Stepping in shit (Jan. 10, 1995)
The Passing on of Frank (March 16, 1995)
Frank's last rites (March 20, 1995)
Death is dick (March 22, 1995)
A class act (March 24, 1995)
I don't know Jimmy at all (Nov. 18, 1996)
Carol being Carol (Dec. 8, 1996)
Dressing up with the other girl from Towaco (May 13, 1997)
Jimmy and Ginger together again? (May 28, 1997)
A message for Ginger (Dec. 1, 1997)
Death again? (March 8, 1998)
Jimmy inherits the wind (March 5, 1998)
You go see him, I can't (March 8, 1998)
A small compromise (Nov. 8, 1998)
Not fade Away (Dec. 25, 1998)
Look to the skies, Jimmy says (Dec. 19, 1999)
Making superstars of us all (Nov. 8, 2000)
Life on rewind (Nov. 25, 2000)
Firehouse reunion (June 2, 2002)
A return to the lake (June 2, 2004)
And the band played on (June 13, 2004)
The Last Dance that wasn't the last (July 10, 2004)
Jimmy quits the band again (July 16, 2004)
Death of the band (July 18, 2004)
The band was supposed to be fun, not a job (July 20, 2004)
How (Not) to fix a scooter (Dec. 25, 2006) 
Jimmy Garland and The Temple of Doom (March 1, 2007)
Cornel Wilde (Jan. 15, 2014)