Comments on: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson http://www.coreyjf.com/2008/07/the-life-and-times-of-the-thunderbolt-kid-a-memoir-by-bill-bryson/ Not an 80's actor Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Corey Feldman http://www.coreyjf.com/2008/07/the-life-and-times-of-the-thunderbolt-kid-a-memoir-by-bill-bryson/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Corey Feldman Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:12:32 +0000 http://www.coreyjf.com/blog/?p=154#comment-22 I highly recommend it; it is a wonderful book. It is a different world. I live on a nice little cul-de-sac in a very safe area, there are always a plenty of kids and parents around. Joshua is only 18th months but even as he gets older, I can’t imagine letting him play outside without either Melissa or I keeping a watchful eye. As a kid I would head out every morning and maybe see my parents after sunset. You just can’t do that anymore, at least not in the DC metro area. I highly recommend it; it is a wonderful book.

It is a different world. I live on a nice little cul-de-sac in a very safe area, there are always a plenty of kids and parents around. Joshua is only 18th months but even as he gets older, I can’t imagine letting him play outside without either Melissa or I keeping a watchful eye. As a kid I would head out every morning and maybe see my parents after sunset. You just can’t do that anymore, at least not in the DC metro area.

]]> By: Mykl Roventine http://www.coreyjf.com/2008/07/the-life-and-times-of-the-thunderbolt-kid-a-memoir-by-bill-bryson/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Mykl Roventine Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:33:48 +0000 http://www.coreyjf.com/blog/?p=154#comment-21 I 'll have to check this title out. I'm a big fan of his other books. Like you I grew up on the East Coast (RI) in the 70s. I hadn't give it much thought, but I agree with your parallel to the 50s. When you compare those times to today, it really was a bubble of archaic technology, limited worldviews and quaint, strange, activities. I struggle with the same hopes for my children. I ‘ll have to check this title out. I’m a big fan of his other books. Like you I grew up on the East Coast (RI) in the 70s. I hadn’t give it much thought, but I agree with your parallel to the 50s. When you compare those times to today, it really was a bubble of archaic technology, limited worldviews and quaint, strange, activities. I struggle with the same hopes for my children.

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