Posted on Tuesday, Mar. 18th 2008 11:46 AM| by Tony Ludlow
Instructions for March Madness Boot Camp Basketball Bracket! — Read Carefully!
1. Fill out TWO identical brackets in PEN, all the way to your National Champion. Write your name in PEN on each copy. PLUS, guess a total combined score for the final game, to be used as a tie breaker. (Example: Gonzaga 50, Austin Peay […]
Posted on Thursday, Mar. 13th 2008 12:49 PM| by Tony Ludlow
Former Mr. Jessica Simpson, John Mayer, was honored last week in NYC by Cosmopolitan magazine as the “Fun and Fearless Male of the Year.”
Mayer, 30, was surrounded by the other finalists, a bunch of famous pretty boys, included actor Dave Annable and rapper/actor Common. There was the Canadian animal trainer and zoologist Dave Salmoni, Dirty […]
Posted on Friday, Mar. 7th 2008 10:54 PM| by Tony Ludlow
SATURDAY RUN & HALF MARATHON TRAINING FOR 3/8/08
We’ll postpone the Saturday run and reschedule for Sunday morning. Meet at 8 AM in front of the Visitor’s Center at Shelby Farms. We’ll run for 1 hr. 45 min. We’ll keep our fingers crossed for Sunday.
Posted on Wednesday, Mar. 5th 2008 4:14 PM| by Tony Ludlow
“Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.” That was the first sentence I learned in my typing, yes TYPING, class in high school.
I never play politics with you guys. I don’t try to tell anyone how to vote. But after I typed that sentence over and […]
Posted on Thursday, Feb. 28th 2008 9:11 AM| by Tony Ludlow
Two of my favorite versions of our National Anthem are on You Tube. One is by a group of 5 little girls in Texas before a college basketball game. The other is Smokey Robinson in 1986 before Game 5 of the World Series.
Take a couple of minutes and enjoy! Eat your heart out Rosanne […]
Posted on Thursday, Feb. 28th 2008 8:28 AM| by Tony Ludlow
Adam Shepard arrived alone on the streets in Charleston, SC in the summer of 2006 with a sleeping bag, $25 in his pocket, no job, no friends, and no place to stay.
Shepard was a recent graduate of Merrimack College doing his own experiment on the American Dream.
His goal: to acquire a furnished apartment, a […]
Posted on Wednesday, Feb. 20th 2008 3:00 PM| by Tony Ludlow
MOM JEANS
I have a 10 year gap in my American pop culture knowledge.
From about 1988 to 1998, I’m not too aware of what happened on the cultural landscape in America. Those were my Japan years. So if you’ve forgotten what happened during those years let me remind you:
MC Hammer,
Vanilla Ice,
Bill “I did not have […]
Posted on Wednesday, Feb. 13th 2008 11:40 AM| by Tony Ludlow
Did you hear that Kim Sjostrom died?
Kim died in Sunrise, FL on January 19, 2008.
On her wedding day.
At her wedding reception.
Posted on Monday, Feb. 11th 2008 8:54 PM| by Tony Ludlow
As Peyton Manning asks in one of those MasterCard Priceless Pep talk commercials, “Bummed about that gut?”
Everyone has a trouble spot or trouble spots. Some people have a beer belly. Some have saddle bags, flabby arms, back fat, thigh fat, or love handles. Too many “jiggly” things.
A lot of people want to do extra crunches […]
Posted on Wednesday, Feb. 6th 2008 2:36 PM| by Tony Ludlow
The other day I talked to Kathryn Grissom.
Kathryn is a Boot Camper who had to take time off from BOOT CAMP in order to take care of a medical issue.
Kathryn had breast cancer.
“Had” being the operative word! Thank God!
Months have passed since she was initially diagnosed and treated … and now she’s cancer […]