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Larry

Nice Kitty

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I was tackled by a tiger once.  I must stress that it was voluntary for both me and the tiger.  I was recruited to be tiger tackled as part of a fund raising event to support some charity or other during other events at a county [...]

July 26th, 2010 | Category: Americana, Animals, Audio Bit, Dogs, Family, Folks, Friends, Home, Sports | Leave a comment

The Principal of Fighting

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Theo Vitali was a wild man.  Greek and Italian, his passions ran nearly as high as his blood pressure.  He was a screamer, a thrower, a man so driven that, while he was the high school football coach in my hometown, we lost only two games in [...]

July 12th, 2010 | Category: Americana, Audio Bit, Family, Folks, Friends, Home, Sports | One comment

How Far We've Come

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I remember my 10th birthday – and not only because birthdays that end in zero are milestones, but because it was one of the few times I actually went anywhere with my mother.  On the evening before that auspicious day, she and her husband loaded me, Merv [...]

May 24th, 2010 | Category: Americana, Audio Bit, Family, Folks, Food, Friends, Home, Rant, Sports, Technology | 5 comments