May is going to be AWESOME

“When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May …”

Not quite cold outside, but the month of May is going to be awesome!

Last year, my friend JB helped set up Jonathan Davis, the lead singer of Korn, with a trip to Ramstein Air Force Base. He wound up doing some cool stuff with airmen before visiting wounded soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Sebastien Paquet filmed it all and a documentary-short came out of it. Here’s an article about it and a 42-second clip of the documentary. On May 12, the film will be shown at at the G.I. Film Festival in Washington, D.C. and I will be there for the screening and the awards dinner afterward in support of Josie and Jonathan Davis.

From D.C., JB and GW and I will be headed to Pennsylvania where we’ll be met by TJ for some down time and to prepare for Korn’s first show on tour in Belle Vernon on May 15. JB will fly back to Germany  – where she’s stationed – after the Korn show and it will be GW, TJ and I headed to Columbus, Ohio, for Rock on the Range on May 17 and yet another Korn show. Following that, we head home.

The next weekend, I will be in Connecticut for a comedy show, then New York City for Mets-Braves Sunday night and then to (hopefully) hang out in the city while visiting the Samuels — including my first meeting with the Katie Bear — on Memorial Day before heading back home.

I keep pinching myself, and yes I am awake and yes that’s all happening.

I am extremely fortunate for all these opportunities and am thankful for them every day.

 

 

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Think about this — “Gravity”

About a month ago I was having a conversation with a friend, she told me something that blew me away.

“Whenever I find myself worrying about anything — work-related or otherwise — I ask myself this, ‘Is there anything I can do to control the situation?’ If the answer is yes, I work toward a solution. If the answer is no, I tell myself, ‘Gravity,’ and move on.”

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JetBlue is good for Worcester — here’s why

Between snow birds leaving for the winter and returning in late spring, and vacation destinations, Florida is a hot bed for people avoiding winter’s grasp and enjoying fun in the sun.

After DirectAir flew the coup — literally shuttering and leaving passengers without a flight which they paid for — there was a strong courtship by Massport, the governing body which runs the Worcester Airport, and the city of Worcester to woo — pun intended — JetBlue to the regional airport.

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2014 Olympics: Hockey groups announced!

Team USA gets assigned to the host group — Group A for the 2014 Winter Olympics Hockey Tournament. Meanwhile, Canada gets Group B.

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How did you become a fan?

Living in New York City, my dad watched a lot of Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs baseball. My dad’s two favorite players, Ryne Sandberg and Dale Murphy had a lot to do with that. Also, their games were available via WGN and TBS.

For whatever reason, those awful Braves teams — and, boy were they awful — stuck with me. To this day, I am an Atlanta Braves fan.

When I moved from Anchorage, Alaska, to Worcester, Mass., I caught a lot of flack from the neighborhood kids, who didn’t know me from a whole in the wall, calling me a band-wagon fan — only liking the Braves because they were one of the best teams in the National League and in the playoffs.

Never bothered me one bit, really.

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