Becoming eligible for Social Security has a liberating influence
Regrets: I've had a few
Memories: I've got a bunch
Friends: That's what it is all about
War-stories: I love to tell them
Music and Movies: Couldn't live without them
- Scorecard at 62 -
All good things are by the grace of God!!
All failures are from disobedience to His Law.
Years alive = 62
Years married = 35
wives = 1
daughters = 3
grandchildren = 0
Military status = CDR, USNR-Ret
4 years Active duty - USMC
20 years Ready Reserve - USNR
Ribbons and Medals = 8
Occupational status (Apr'06) = Research Director, ISI/USC
Degrees = B.A. and J.D., Univ of Colorado
Health = OK
Height = 2 Meters (78.5")
Weight = 129Kg (285#, 50# heavy)
Hair = Gray to nil
Eyes = Brown, 20/20 at distance, 1.75 diopter for reading
Blood Pressure = ~120 over 80
Hypo thyroid dose = 175 micrograms synthroid
operations = 4
Tonsils and adenoids
Inguinal hernia repair (2)
Gall bladder removal
Employers since leaving practice of law = 4
Times fired = 0
Average time with employer = 5 years
Bankruptcies = 0
Law Licenses held = Colo, Fed Dist Ct for Colo., Fed Ct of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Ct.
Number of malpractice lawsuits = 0
Times disbarred = 0
Times suspended for cause = 0
Number of foreclosures = 0
Times sued for non-payment = 0
Evictions = 0
Times sued for short check = 0
Average bounced checks per year = ~5
Total late payment fees paid = >100
Cars I have owned owned = 10
Bottles of beer I have drunk n
Drunk Driving Arrests = 0
Other arrests = 0
Car accidents = 10 (4 were my fault)
Number of cars totaled by me = 1
Times beaten up = 2
Times I beat somebody up = 0
Times I fired Expert for record = Every time (~5)
Rounds I have fired = thousands
People I have shot = 0
Times my children had to go hungry = 0
People I have let down = (What IS the population of the U.S.?)
Promises I didn't keep = ~ promises I made divided by ten
People I hurt with my sharp tongue = Far, far too many
People I went out of my way to help = Many, but never enough
Residences (excluding USMC) = 21 (avg.= three years each)
Homes owned = 2
Places I've been
All states but N & S Dakota, Minnesota
England, France, Italy
Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Viet Nam, Thailand, Laos
Australia
Canada
Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Virgin Islands
Places I'd like to go
Rest of Europe
Chile and Argentina
China
New Zealand
As I have gotten older, I have more for which to be sorry and more about which I am tolerant. Now this verse has meaning to me: "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone...[they] being convicted by [their own] conscience, went out one by one, the oldest leaving first." John 8:2-9