2020 an “Interesting” Year
I think this sign says “Welcome to 2020”. I had a great boss years ago, Jack Callahan. One of the first things you learned, working with Jack, was what the word “Interesting” meant to him. It meant that he hated whatever you had just said or proposed…as in “Don’t ever bring that up again!” You…
Read MoreA Memorable Christmas
This fits in with my new book, My Pretentious Memoir. Christmas in about 1965. Everyone was coming to our house for Christmas and a fancy meal. My Aunt Mamie was coming and she had already written me out of her Will. I liked her, but she wanted to control me and that never went very…
Read MoreEruption on the Big Island…the adventures continue
Boom…just like that, we are back in the lava business. Kilauea volcano just exploded, sending a column of ash and debris some five miles into the sky. In just two days, it completely boiled off a sizable lake of acidy water and filled it in with live liquid lava…some 500 feet deep already and covering…
Read MoreMy Pretentious Memoir -Part Duex…a new book by an old guy…me.
Here we go again. Another book. More fun. Something for the Christmas stocking. My Pretentious Memoir- Part Duex is a follow up to my best selling What’s Left of Don. That book focused on my adventures. This book focuses on my misadventures. I think most of us feel we are pretty screwed up human beings…but…
Read MoreWhat’s Left of Don Hits Number One Best Seller on Amazon!
The caption is correct. My little book has managed to hit the top of the charts for sales on Amazon! Now I am going to let you know how these things really work. The book has sold well and gotten some great reviews, many of which I wrote myself. Amazon lets the author pick the…
Read MoreI Wrote This Optimistic Piece on Aging Before I Got a Horrible Leg Cramp at 4AM This Morning
I am quite optimistic about aging…most parts of it…says Don who can barely walk at the moment after having the worst leg cramp of my life at 4am the morning. I really am…normally…but I am second rate in the optimism and “let’s make this work” area about aging…second to my friend and fellow author, Sharkie…
Read MoreWhale Shark!
Linda and I have been in the water with hundreds, maybe thousands of whale sharks…in Mexico. If you ever want to experience swimming with whale sharks, contact me and I will put you in touch with just the right people to get that done. It is a mind blowing experience…and all you have to do…
Read MoreOn The Radio with Bulldog on WOCM-FM Ocean City Maryland August 11, 2020
Here is the link to the 15 minute interview. https://drive.google.com/file/d/11GiU-zKt2Eou5vaMnH4luUs5cv1HwHl3/view?usp=sharing Aloha, Don
Read MoreOn The Radio With Paul Pacelli WICC-600 AM Connecticut
Here is a link to a radio interview I did with Paul Pacelli of WICC-600 AM on his Connecticut Today program on August 18, 2020. About ten minutes. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10b4tAILi-fB8wLAtSWbId30BFvZVOMsm/view?usp=drive_web
Read MoreBe Here Now, Touch the Gate, Run Through The Finish Line
The photo is from when I was 18 years old in 1966 and running for Pierce Junior College against USC Frosh. The other, much cooler looking, runner is Lennox Miller…later to become Dr. Lennox Miller. Two years later, Lennox won the silver medal in the Olympics in the 100 meters and then won the bronze…
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