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…

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A 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…

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Eruption 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…

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Whale 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…

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Be 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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