Jason, 1975 or early '76, living with his grandparents in California while Mark was in jail. This is what happens when you let old people dress and groom small children.

Jason and Mark, 1979, Hayes Street house, Eugene. Mark's room.

Jason, 1976, Hayes Street house.

Jason, 1976, Hayes Street house, after asking to be "dressed like a cowboy" -- as in Roy Rodgers -- and getting the Clint Eastwood version instead.

Jason, 1976, Hayes Street house, with new JVC color TV, wearing his only pair of pajamas.

Jason, 1976, Hayes Street house, 4th birthday. Finally scored the Roy Rodgers cowboy outfit.

Jason and Mark, 1976, Hayes Street house front porch. Still wearing the cowboy vest and shirt everywhere. There's a gerbil buried in the garden a few feet to my right.

Jason and Mark, 1976 or '77, photobooth in downtown mall near Gandalf's Den, a popular novelty shop that specialized in Tolkien memorabilia.

Jason, 1977, Eugene.

Jason, 1979, Aloha Street house, Seattle.

Mark, March or April of 1980, during our, "Let's get as far from Mount St. Helens as possible so as not to be killed by a volcano," tour of Arizona.

Jason, 1980, Aloha Street house. With Thunder the wonder-dog. Tail end of Mark's ill-fated yellow Vega visible on the right.

Jason and Mark, 1980 or '81, in some rain forest somewhere.

Jason and Mark, 1988, Summit Avenue apartment. Possibly the last picture of them taken together.

Jason, 1989, senior year, high school yearbook photo. Two hundred dollar jacket, nine dollar haircut.