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As the date September 11 approaches every year, we are gain reminded, “Never Forget.” Well, I am not sure exactly what I am supposed to “never forget.”
September 24, 2024 We return from three weeks in France and are totally exhausted and feeling sick, both of us. Two weeks goes by. I start feeling better, but Jocelyn does not. Strangely, her abdomen seems to be swelling. It is especially strange because over the last year she has lost lots of weight. Her […]
July 20, 2025 Hello Masters and Friends, CMs Kohl, Candreva, Barnum, Roy, Whitehead, Raimondi AND GM Nominees Mark Sustaire, Cheryl Brice, Fernando Jaime In just a few short days, each of you will go through an amazing event that will mark a great accomplishment in your life. I know how exciting this is and want […]
I got my gold medal when…. Part 2 I just want everyone to know: I have pursued a gold medal in Songahm Taekwondo many times, and never actually earned it. Best I did was a bronze in 2010 and a silver in 2022. The gold medals I won in 2009 XMA competition don’t count. There […]
Looking back over many years NOTE: All photos were taken on June 21, 2024 at the Southwest District Championships in Glendale, Arizona. Hello ATA Family! It’s been more than 40 years since my wife and business partner helped me start the first ATA classes here in Phoenix, Arizona. Over those years, I have […]
It’s rather difficult to reflect on 71 years, especially when only 20 of those years have been digitized. But I am glad I did this even with some holes in the crazy history. I came up with a new name….. therubbadrummachiefmasterwaterskifanatichusbandfatherpops That’s the only way to cover 71 years. I hope your 71 years have […]
FOUR DAYS ON AMERICA: #4 July 4, 2023 I still think America is a great place because I know there are at least 165,000,000 good people here who live each day with a kind heart. People like President Jimmy Carter…. who, after leaving the White House, founded the Carter Center and has done more […]
If you are not sure that America is a great place, then ask yourself these simple questions and you will realize why I still think so. Did you go to sleep last night in a nice bed in a comfortable house, probably with air conditioning and heat? Did you drive your car to work and […]
FOUR DAYS ON AMERICA: July 2, 2023. (NOTE: Be sure to watch the video at the end. Thanks. ) I still think the United States is a great place because we have accomplished great things in 250 years. We built a democracy, a grand experiment, which is still operating, despite the many threats, foreign and […]
FOUR DAYS ON AMERICA: July 1, 2023. I still think the United States is a great place because of these words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of […]