I know I’m not the only person in the world that has their names mispronounced. When I’m introducing myself, there have been countless times people have replied, “Nice to meet you, Mark!” or “Nice to meet you, Mr. Weaver!” Sometimes it both. Years ago, I received a call at work from a salesman. When I …
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Fight Breaks Out at Wrestling Match
A coworker who knows that I occasionally watch professional wrestling recently asked me if I had seen a program on the Discovery channel called Big Little Brawlers. It is a reality series about a little person wrestling organization based in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Next, he mentioned that they were going to do a show soon …
My Fez
I am a fan of Laurel and Hardy movies. One of their more popular films is called Sons of the Desert. In this film, they are members of a fraternal lodge called the Sons of the Desert. Part of their uniform is Fez with the name of the organization on the front. The official Laurel …
Welcome to Flint, Michigan
Several years ago, I was involved in a training program at work where I had to travel to Flint, Michigan several times a year. I spent a full week in the Flint area during each trip, weekends included. Another person from our facility was in the program at the same time and we traveled together. …
Flying With Woody
Woody Widenhofer was an assistant for the Pittsburg Steelers from 1973-1983 when they were having many of their trips to the Super Bowl. He was also head coach for Vanderbilt University from 1997-2001. So, it was no surprise to end up on a plane with him when I was flying out of Nashville on a …
Celebrities Galore!
This trip occurred in May of 2001. I was travelling back to Nashville from Oklahoma City. There were changes to my itinerary which ended up routing me through Atlanta even though I wasn’t originally scheduled to go there. But this was a better alternative than not getting home when I had planned. It’s no surprise …
Marlo Thomas Ran Over Me
When I was in elementary school, I took voice lessons from a man named Joe Kincaid. Joe gave these lessons at the school where I went. He was also the band director. There were many kids from the area that took lessons from him, several that didn’t attend our school. He had success with several …
Meeting Happy Hal
When I was a little kid, I watched several kids shows on TV that featured cartoons. One of these was called The Happy Hal Show. It was hosted by a man named Hal Miller. He had an odd puppet called L’il Bow that he talked with on the show as he introduced the cartoons. One …
Another Successful Diet Plan
I recently shared a story about losing 100 pounds. In that post I shared that Slimfast was the main tool that I used for my weigh loss. This was not the first time that I have lost a significant amount of weight although it is the most that I’ve ever lost at one time (Its …
How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
Dream about heaven Andrea and I were in heaven. I’m assuming we died and went to heaven. It wasn’t like we got a free pass to preview heaven. We were there under what would be normal circumstances. I don’t know how we died. If I dreamed that part, I don’t remember it. And I assume …