About two years after my car chase with Hulk Hogan, Golds Gym opened a new location in South Tampa. As part of the grand opening they had Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Savage show up to sign autographs. Of course I had to go.
It was a zoo. Wrestling is huge in Florida. The Hulk [...]
I’ve already told the story how I met President Clinton in 2000 while driving Presidential Motorcade. Well that was actually the second time I shook Clinton’s hand. Way back in July 1992 while attending The Ohio State University, a friend of mine showed up at my apartment with Special Guest passes to see then candidate [...]
It must have been July or August of 1994. I had just moved to Tampa Bay from Columbus in June. For a few days I had two friends down from Ohio. Being the host the of a new town, I took them for a drive of the area. Ryan was in the front seat and [...]
Here is another scan from 1994. One evening in Clearwater, Florida I bumped into Deney Terrio of TV’s disco show Dance Fever and got his autograph.
In an earlier post I mentioned my career of the early 1990s. I delivered for Pizza Hut. It was the best job I ever had that didn’t require a resume. And better than most of the jobs I’ve had since that did require one.
My first tour of duty was delivering pizzas in Columbus. My delivery [...]
Below is a reprint from something I wrote in July 1998.
It’s July 1998 and I’m still living in Florida and Lura is already in DC. Full of White House connections Lura scores us passes to view the fireworks display on the White House lawn. Below is a collection of photos from the July 4th weekend.
The [...]
Once you’ve decided to start exercising and clean up your diet, may I suggest the next step should be to find a fitness role model? If you could design your body, what would it look like? This question sometimes throws people. They think they need to just lose 10 pounds, when the reality is they [...]
On June 22-23, 2000, I got to drive in a Presidential Motorcade. This is the original story written on June 24, 2000. The photo gallery was updated in September 2006.
The phone rang in our apartment one Sunday afternoon. Lura answered. I heard her answer questions in a very deliberate manner for a few [...]
