- Dec 20, 2004
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Just got back home from a 7 day trip to Nashville, Tennessee where I attended a "Get Motivated!" seminar that my Dad had tickets to... at the time, I thought he wanted to go to actually learn something, but at the end of the day, it became pretty apparent he wanted to go to see Gen. Tommy Franks... (whooptie f***in' doo...)
At any rate... I learned a hella lot... had a great time... met some pretty cool people, got Peyton Manning & Steve "Air" McNair's autograph on two seperate footballs I picked up at Wal-Mart the day before when I found out they were gonna be there. Rudy Giuliani was there too, but his security detail was five people strong, and I know from experience that sometimes its just best to not try to say "hi". Zig Zigler was there too... a little too religious for me personally, but still, a great speaker (and great man). I have no idea why in the hell they got Tommy Franks to speak... he didn't say anything at all worth a damn, other than showering praise on the military (not that we don't deserve it); I mean, c'mon, you're there at a motivational / investment seminar, talk about how you motivated troops or something; give people some insights instead of playing the tired old four star routine (anyone in the forces that's been around anyone with 4 stars will know exactly what I mean by this).
When that 757 touched down at HNL, I was so happy... I didn't realize how much I really missed Hawai'i until I was gone for 7 days... this place truly is home; I almost wanted to plop down in the aisle and scream out, "I'm hoooooommme.... I'm HOOOOOOOOOMMMMEEEE ah ha... ah ha...", yeah... but I didn't, because I still have some sanity left.
Anyone who gets the chance to check out one of these "Get Motivated!" seminars, I hafta say that for $39, I have to recommend them... there's a lot of good information put out from the course of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Just don't be a crappy planner like my Dad & his business associate were... I mean... let's face it, if you put 6,000 people into a convention center... in the middle of a city like Nashville, TN... and then you turn them all loose at the same exact time for lunch... YES MORONS... we won't get to eat! Thanks Dad! :roll: Of course, it could just be that I'm a complusive planner who will map out every single detail, would have ensured we would have been at the convention center at 6:45 a.m. when the doors opened, would have called ahead at the best restaurant in Nashville and had a table reserved and waiting on us, and would have ensured we got parking right beside the convention center... but I digress.
I'm hoooooommmmee!!! I'm HOOOOOOOMMMMMEEEEEEE!!! [plops around on the ground waving arms and kicking feet]
At any rate... I learned a hella lot... had a great time... met some pretty cool people, got Peyton Manning & Steve "Air" McNair's autograph on two seperate footballs I picked up at Wal-Mart the day before when I found out they were gonna be there. Rudy Giuliani was there too, but his security detail was five people strong, and I know from experience that sometimes its just best to not try to say "hi". Zig Zigler was there too... a little too religious for me personally, but still, a great speaker (and great man). I have no idea why in the hell they got Tommy Franks to speak... he didn't say anything at all worth a damn, other than showering praise on the military (not that we don't deserve it); I mean, c'mon, you're there at a motivational / investment seminar, talk about how you motivated troops or something; give people some insights instead of playing the tired old four star routine (anyone in the forces that's been around anyone with 4 stars will know exactly what I mean by this).
When that 757 touched down at HNL, I was so happy... I didn't realize how much I really missed Hawai'i until I was gone for 7 days... this place truly is home; I almost wanted to plop down in the aisle and scream out, "I'm hoooooommme.... I'm HOOOOOOOOOMMMMEEEE ah ha... ah ha...", yeah... but I didn't, because I still have some sanity left.
Anyone who gets the chance to check out one of these "Get Motivated!" seminars, I hafta say that for $39, I have to recommend them... there's a lot of good information put out from the course of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Just don't be a crappy planner like my Dad & his business associate were... I mean... let's face it, if you put 6,000 people into a convention center... in the middle of a city like Nashville, TN... and then you turn them all loose at the same exact time for lunch... YES MORONS... we won't get to eat! Thanks Dad! :roll: Of course, it could just be that I'm a complusive planner who will map out every single detail, would have ensured we would have been at the convention center at 6:45 a.m. when the doors opened, would have called ahead at the best restaurant in Nashville and had a table reserved and waiting on us, and would have ensured we got parking right beside the convention center... but I digress.
I'm hoooooommmmee!!! I'm HOOOOOOOMMMMMEEEEEEE!!! [plops around on the ground waving arms and kicking feet]
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