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ROY PITTMAN OFF THE MAT

August 28, 2025 by David Gillaspie

I’d heard of Roy Pittman long before we met yesterday. What I’d heard about him was legendary. A legend in the community, a legend on the mat, the difference maker you’d want your kids to meet. The Peninsula Wrestling Club is where he’s been since 1970, where 200k wrestlers learned the ropes.

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INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY FADES WITH NEW TEAM

August 27, 2025 by David Gillaspie

I’m a fan of institutional memory, the part that solves nagging problems that don’t go away on their own. Unfortunately, the people who hold it can be a part of the problem. In small business, the new fixer comes in with knowledge gained in a good school, and experience from the last job they fixed, […]

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INSPIRING KIDS TO ACHIEVE? THAT’S THE JOB

August 26, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Who is inspiring kids to achieve? Who inspired you? I’ll start. It’s the parents, mom and dad, the home unit. What else would you expect from a baby boomer blogger? My parents inspired me.

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A CLEAR CONSCIENCE FOR BEST RESULTS

August 25, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Examples of a clear conscience from the Cambridge English Dictionary, because it’s good to start in the same lane. I’m finding it hard to continue to drive a gas-powered car with a clear conscience. These desserts are great for people watching their weight as you can eat them with a clear conscience. It’s just […]

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TENSION AND RELEASE, THEN REPEAT

August 24, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Honest Abe knew all about tension and release. When things got a little too tight for the old rail splitter, he grabbed his other axe and let it out. Some say he was a rocker, some say a folk singer, but he was a blues man. Look at the way he’s working the fifth fret […]

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THREATENING PARENTS FOR KID’S BEHAVIOR? WHAT’S NEXT

August 23, 2025 by David Gillaspie

I saw a clip of the masked men of Immigration and Customs Enforcement threatening parents to convince someone behind the locked door of a barber shop to open up. Agent: “I’m going to go get your dad—and I’m going to get your mom!” Witness: “Y’all can’t tell him that, though. His mom?” Agent: “Yes […]

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UNIFORMED SERVICE: THE SOFT TIMES

August 22, 2025 by David Gillaspie

The uniformed service is the backbone of every country that uses effective traffic control on their busy streets. It’s either the guy in a uniform pulling drivers over for traffic violations, for not following the rules of the road, or before traffic lights, a guy in a uniform directing traffic in the street like the […]

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BIG CANCER, BIG NAMES, AND THE REST OF US

August 21, 2025 by David Gillaspie

All cancer is big cancer? It’s big when you’re the one locked down on the radiation table. It’s even bigger when you’re a star, a celebrity, a known quantity. And that’s a good thing? Yes, and here’s why: They raise awareness. WebMD ran a post on Facebook today titled: Celebrities With Head and Neck […]

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GOOD EXPECTATIONS, VARIED RESULTS

August 20, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Good expectations, not great, are the more reasonable expectations for most people. Even when you harbor feelings of greatness, who would you tell without sounding like a nut-job? Yes, I hear you with your, “But Muhammad Ali . . .” He was ‘The Greatest’ and proved it over an over, until he became what all […]

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BLOG FRIENDS WORLD WIDE GETTING A GRIP

August 19, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Blog friends come from the four corners of earth, which if my compass is correct, includes North, East, South, and West. Everyone from anywhere can come in with a good internet connection. Shout out to South Africa, Poland, Malaysia, China, Canada, Philippines, and Australia. To India, England, France, and Spain. To North America, South America, […]

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ROY PITTMAN OFF THE MAT

INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY FADES WITH NEW TEAM

A CLEAR CONSCIENCE FOR BEST RESULTS

TENSION AND RELEASE, THEN REPEAT

THREATENING PARENTS FOR KID’S BEHAVIOR? WHAT’S NEXT

UNIFORMED SERVICE: THE SOFT TIMES

BIG CANCER, BIG NAMES, AND THE REST OF US

GOOD EXPECTATIONS, VARIED RESULTS

BLOG FRIENDS WORLD WIDE GETTING A GRIP

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