Kevin is in Portland and is involved (well, not exactly) with a fish called the "cichlasoma cichlid" and recently gave a talk in San Jose called "Setting up a Simple Central American Cichlid Aquarium (using convict cichlids)".
The Pacific Coast Cichlid Association is proud to announce our past Cichlid Blue Editor (the PCCA bimonthly journal), Mr. Kevin Plazak, from Portland, Oregon, as our speaker on May 10, 2008.
Mr. Kevin Plazak has kept and has bred cichlids more than 15 years. He won several publication awards from The Federation of American Aquarium Societies, which included the best Editor/Publication for six and fewer issues.
His informative speech, “Building cichlid community tanks for fun and profit" will be an interesting topic for every hobbyist.
About Me
Posts With Recent Comments
Welcome to the Northgate Class of '86 Blog
Greetings! This year most of us will turn 40. We have been out of high school longer than half of our lives. Seems like a good time to reflect on the past. Now that it has been over 25 years since we entered our first year of high school, I thought I would make an attempt to help people reconnect, even if it is just over the web.
It's true, I missed the 20 year reunion, and I looked at the Classmates.com site to see who was on there. I think it is completely lame. So I thought instead people could email me their info and I can post it on this site.
Feel free to send:
mini-blurb/bio
contact info if you want
photo (then and now?)
Also: stories, old photos, burning questions, etc.
No stalkers!
spinifex67 AT yahoo.com
please put NGHS86 in the subject line, and in the email mention your high school name if it has changed.
Blog Archive
-
▼
2008
(195)
-
▼
July
(72)
- L.A. quake and Bay Area Wake Up Call
- John Weisel
- Northgate From Space
- Sue Lockyer Update
- Castle Rock 1974
- Castle Rock 1977
- Castle Rock 1978
- Castle Rock 1979
- Longer Comments or Submissions
- The Teachers: An Evaluation
- Megan's Mysteries
- Ted Wait
- Megan Smetzer Update
- Akshai Gandhi
- Kevin Plazak
- Sean Gallagher
- Mike Noh
- Jeff Sykes
- Ken Wirfel
- Gayle Stansfield
- Megan Smetzer
- Mark Schmidt
- Site photos
- Clint Stewart
- 75 People
- Billy Schaub
- Brian A. Hazen, MD
- More on the "GN" mystery...
- Sanders Photo
- Kevin Reimer
- Yvonne Papanek
- The Famous Photo
- Jim Meehan
- Northgate Mystery #4: The GN Girls
- The Rappelling Photo
- Brett Sanders
- Chris B.'s Comment on Northgate Mysteries
- Lisa Wolters-Broder Update
- Tim Kruger
- Serena Hong
- Dana (Hinkle) Finegold
- Brad Hall
- Amy (Doub) Casey
- Lisa Dorman-Ran
- Jim Donaldson
- Peter Corsa
- Lisa Wolters-Broder
- Senior Trip to Hawaii, 1986
- Devo! 1986
- 1986 rally on the back stage
- Some photos from Nici: 1986
- Matt Burris
- Tina (Buschiazzo) Kane
- Michele (Bockstein) Van Gelderen
- Phil Bennett
- Disclaimer
- Kristen Babb-Sprague
- Doug Alessio
- Adam Miles
- Paul Hohlt
- 50 People
- Tiffany Worboy
- Mollee (Murphy) Johnston
- Dan Rascher
- Katrina Menzigian
- Alex Kalmanson
- Kerry O'Boyle
- Debbie DeVoe-SF Chronicle Article
- Eliana Ben-Zeev
- John Barry
- Emails, but no posts...
- Northgate Marriages
-
▼
July
(72)
7 comments:
Kevin, you stud!
Congratulations on your exploits!!!
Hey, if you or anyone else in the blogosphere wants a copy of the transcript to Raw Rats (the unfinished epic film made by Class of '86 writers/actors/directors Scholz, Plazak, Hansell, and Sanders, email me and I can send you one!!!
--Brett Sanders
See -- the weird description of what I am up to makes so close to no sense that I am forced to say something about it...
*Ahem*
That nonsense above Brett's comment makes absolutely no sense.
This message brought to you by Google, oatmeal, short socks and the makers of cheese.
Kevin
P.S. Please forward me a copy of the transcript to Raw Rats.
OK! It was confusing to me as well! Feel free to write in and correct the record.
Max Hedroom!
I'm sure you don't remember me at all, the little sister of a friend of yours from the class of 86. But I remember you very well.
So spill. Wife? Kids? What are you doing for fun these days?
Nice to see you around!
-Kristin
Not remember you?!? Are you kdding? I still have... hang on a sec... yeah -- I have a photo of you that you gave me with a black strapless dress, pearl earrings and pearl necklace. Your hair was shoulder length and the photographer thought it best if you were canted to the right... why they think that is cool is beyond me.
So, yes, Skikit Nelson (possibly some other surname due to marriage, witness protection or too many 'shrooms) I do indeed remember you and remember you very fondly.
In answer to your invoked "spill" -- first wife didn't take (11 years -- it was a good run), currently living with my fiance -- making it official soon. There was a gap in there where I was unattached -- we shall call that Kevin's age of bad, bad choices and eventual enlightenment. "No kids that I am aware of" as the poets say.
I currently go by the handles of "Pilaf", "Bert", "Ernesto", "Kevicchio" and "Veeks". Never had a knick name until the last two years -- been an interesting two years.
I am learning to cook from a chef friend in his restaurant -- it is a cultural shock -- a lot of fun too. I have about 2000 gallons of water in my basement full of fish. I own my own business selling the aforementioned fish. I am working on trying to garden (first year mostly a bust) but a few veggies did okay.
I lecture on tropical fish throughout the west coast, write articles for tropical fish magazines every few months, consult for folks with tropical fish businesses and generally know too much about teleosts from tropical climes.
Got a degree in Biological Conservation, living in Portland, Oregon (excellent food, wonderful culture, fairly good beer, perfect weather), starting to become not awful at frisbee golf and enjoying myself nearly every day. Been happy for a couple of years and I think I am going to stick with it.
And, not that Mark wasn't a friend but, I think I was more your friend than of Mark. Just my feelings on it as I never talked to him as much as I talked to you.
And I am glad there is a slim chance of more of that talking/writing/communicating happening.
Thank you for writing. Made the afternoon a lot better!
Kevin
Kevin, can I post your detailed comment update/bio to the main blog, or would you rather keep it under the radar? The other one we have for you is kind of vague. Your call.
Jeff --
You can post the whole shootin' match as it suits you to do. Any bits that are "emailish" would prolly best be left here but the rest makes sense on the bio page.
Kevin
P.S. No harm in posting KPlazak@gmail.com if there is an appropriate place to put it.
Post a Comment