Gail Blanke's Blog – February 2014 Archive (4)

A GOOD WORD

I always loved this quote of “Give ‘em hell, Harry” Truman’s: “I fired General MacArthur because he wouldn’t respect the authority of the President. I didn’t fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was, but…

"IF I KNOW YOU ARE COMING AT FOUR...…

WHY NOT YOU?

Russ Wilson, the now legendary twenty-five year old quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks, who led his team to an astonishing 43 to 8 win over the Denver Broncos in last Sunday’s Super Bowl,  was used to being the underdog. At 5'11, many well-meaning people tried to steer him away from football into baseball. Good…

I SAVED MY LIFE...YOU SAVE YOURS

February is Women’s Heart Month. Over a half million women die every year from heart disease and most of them didn’t have to. I was almost one of them. Here’s my story:

“I’ll never make it,” I thought. “When did these stairs get so steep?! I’m gonna look like an…