I’ve written a little bit about my friends of past, but what have I really written about my friends of present?  In a strange way, a lot.  Not so much in a direct way, but every turn of events turns into some of my friends activity.  I think that we’re all acting out in the same way, our personalities, our way of going about things, whether coming or going  (what is he saying???).  The last words that I blogged, was about some goofy, crazy friends that I picked, 35 or so years ago, because I WANTED to.  Guys from high school, some from before.  From whatever was in my brain…

When is the last time that you spoke to people, that you haven’t spoken to in 30 years, (or maybe more)?  I spoke in a blog earlier, maybe around May of 2011, of re-acquainting with an old friend, Jr.  Those were days, probably since 1981, since we last spoke.  Just days of, (when you’re 21 years old) going your own way, (Los Angeles, woop-tee-doo!).  When you’re that age, EVERYTHING seems to be the right way to do things!  So going so long seems, without speaking, seemed at the time to be the right way to do things.  So what was the reason that we DID start to speak?  Due to my…

Did you ever think about what your favorite day would be like?  How about your favorite night?  Your favorite destination?  How about your favorite….?  How about the fact that it doesn’t matter, as long as you’re happy?  It’s so funny, we all dream up where we want to go, what we want to do, the city, the country, the restaurents,(now that one, I got more than a FEW!).  It’s all how you put it in your mind, if you think about it.  As you know, my brother started, and then we all put in a little bit of energy to help for a  golf tournament to be played at a  in Las Vegas. …

After yesterday’s television programming, (9/11/11), how do you feel?The reason that I ask, is that I don’t know how I feel.  On some levels, I feel safe, on others, not even close to safety.  Yesterday, I started watching television at 6:30 a.m., an hour before going to church, at 7:30.  I’ve been keeping up with stories from various people for the month that they’ve been running interviews, stories, videos, whatever else, possibly more.  Talk about some stuff that will keep you running!  Every time people start telling me how great I did coming back from the surguries, and then I see all of the actions that came from New York, I feel like…

O.k., how many ski days, (water or snow), when you just go, I just WANT more of this day!  Went up to Lake Pyramind to go water skiing, and knee boarding, but since we didn’t have the board, it just became skiing.  It was about 100 degrees, but no wind; that lake was so like glass, all through the day.  Such a great day! As I was driving up to the lake, about 60 miles, traffic eased up as I got out of LA.  Then you notice the beatiful terrain, and you really just settle in.  Oh sure, I have this to do, then I have that to do, then…

I’ve talked about this for a long time, but really didn’t advertise too much.  It’s speaking.  I don’t know anyone that I’ve spoken to, who hasn’t wanted SOME sort of my medical history.  I’m always ready to go in that direction, so I guess I should put up, what is going up on my website.  I’ll paste in in here, you can always contact me, per the numbers listed on the website. SPEAKING & MOTIVATIONAL APPEARANCE I entertain all aspects of interest in my personal history with regard to speaking, and /or medical re-hab. On April 29 of 2008, when my first surgery was performed, my social outlook changed dramatically.A…

I’ve been trying to remember to mention these two functions; so here they are: 1)  A Benefit for UCLA Neurosurgery Dept, specifically for the guy that cut into my noggin’, Dr. Isaac Yang. He knows heads, and by now he knows mine.  He does a LOT of these Meningiomas (tumors) removals, and does research as a non-profit on the how/why does someone get these?  If you know the answer to this, please tell me, so then, I’LL know.  After getting TWO, (not one), I’m still very curious; we still don’t know; I can put a tunnel vision on the rest of my body, but not so much up top!  My teachers always told me…

So I had a day off today; it was great.  Thought I might sleep in today, was super tired, even though I did get a full nights sleep.  Did I think that I really would, considering that my dog comes in, slaps at my bed, at just looks at me?  As in, “I want to go out NOW” type of look.  Fine, just a little more sleep; slap/slap, again.  OK, OK.  The good part is, it (the walk) completely wakes me up, and the second thing is it is now starting to get light, so now I have to train when I get home, to late to go back to sleep.  With the meds…

What makes a great day?  Is it the fact that we actually wake up, or the fact that we “expect” a great day, but don’t even acknowledge what we experience.  I think we all go through that, occasionally.  (what’s he saying??).  Put it this way, you go through a nice situation, let yourself know just HOW nice that was, and WHY you should try to hang on to it.  That way, it won’t disappear .  Where this all comes from, in so many ways, I used to just move on.  Used to think that another “great” thing would come up, and then another one after that… you know the deal. …

 I had a great weekend.  Actually, I’ve had a great month; ahhh, what the heck, I’ve been blessed my whole life.  These past few weeks, I’ve had some people from my past,  either calling me or writing.  It’s amazing, because things don’t ” just happen” in our lives, and we then move on to something else, and life is just utopia. That thing that “just happened” years ago;  maybe it’s 20 years, or more, until we actually  “get” the outcome.  I had a buddy give me a call in the past few days.  Hadn’t spoken in years; really didn’t speak by phone all that much, anyway.  Found out he had lost his wife after a long marriage,…