When Nobody Cares — My new novel
Hello all, here is the beginning of my new book, When Nobody Cares. If you have a moment, please give it a go and let me know what you think. Is it something that you would like to see. I appreciate all the feedback, Thank you. Prologue What if I die and nobody cared? That…
Wrestling season is here, the best time of the year. My fond memory.
While I procrastinate editing my latest book, When Nobody Cares I started reading through some of my blog entries. There was one where I mentioned a wrestling coach. I guess with the beginning of wrestling season it is a good time to tell the tale. I was a wrestling referee for more than 30 years…
Re-Thinking Social Media
I think I need to take a break from social media. I was going back and forth with a person about the election. Each time I would present a fact they would come back with what they heard on their chosen cable news show. The subject turned to Covid and when I bested them on…
Election Sarcasm
The electoral college system was enacted to appease the south with the three-fifths compromise. In 1787 about 40% of the south were enslaved people who did not have the right to vote. The south wanted those pesky slaves to count as a person, except when it came to voting. With all the numbers from the…
Granada Street Gym
I miss my old gym, the Granada Street Gym. Now I go to my local Planet Fitness and it is a nice place. There are plenty of treadmills and elliptical machines. You go in and you work out and rarely speak to each other. Most times the people who use the different weight machines do…
My Christmas Message
This is an entry I wrote few years ago. It is all still true. I don’t hate Christmas and I do not hinder anyone’s embracing of the season. My wife Denise loves the season. Each year before Thanksgiving the tree is decorated and every surface in our house is covered with some type of Christmas…
The Last Gym Class Fist Fight
After writing my las blog I started thinking about how much norms have changed since I graduated high school in 1977. We had a gym teacher who was an ex-college football player and in general a tough guy. He later quit teaching and became a State Trooper. His philosophy, and I can understand the logic,…
Why I never gamble, you want to read it. It’s interesting 🙂
When I was young, I didn’t notice it, and as I got older, I realized my mind works differently than those around me. I will be sixty-four in June which started my thoughts towards retiring. I will soon get hip replacement surgery and my hope is that the lack of pain will release my mind…
Dream On
When you stop dreaming you die. Your heart may beat because it is too stubborn to stop. When you stop reaching for the brass ring what is the point of getting on the carousel.
Milford Pittman, memories of a legend
Maybe it is because I work from home, you lose track of time. I know, you’re thinking I’m talking about Christmas. No, I’m talking about Wrestling. I was a wrestling official (referee) for thirty-one years. I retired a few years ago, but I work with the District Committee to help with the evaluations of officials,…
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