Diary of a Bald Man

In 1999, I was in Spokane, Washington. When I was not stuffing my face with Tony Roma ribs, Outback Steaks, Mongolian stir fry, and 83 gallons of coffee, I was the project Site Commander for the IMAC Tactical Security Group during a labor dispute/ strike at the Kaiser Aluminum – Trentwood facility in the valley. In this year, I drove hundreds of miles a month, took over 1700 photographs, 11 hours...

We often wonder if the messages we send, are getting to the ears that need it, and it appears that it is occurring. From here in the United States, through Europe, Latin America, and parts of the Pacific, people are listening, and engaging – what the hell were they thinking tuning into this show? This show was not intended to be part of the weekly podcast but because of the tremendous engagement a...

Many of us are like chameleons; we try to adapt our physical, mental, and emotional projections to fill the eyes and mentality of those around us with what we think they want to see. It’s time to pull your ass out of the box and live without the fear of not being accepted. Be fat, blunt, and full of love – what you see in the mirror is the one you have to consider the most.

When I started to work on this episode, I knew it would be different for quite a few reasons. With JR working remotely with family in Washington state, I used AI-generated voices for the intro and outro, and it sucked! I was then fortunate enough to find the legendary Keith Krammer on Fiverr. With the assistance of a radio talk show professional and audio engineer, I changed the face of the show –...

What do Colonel Harlan Sanders, Julia Childs, Duncan Hines, Ray Kroc, and I have in common? We would all have wait until we were after 50 to become famous. I just turned 54 on the 14th and found out three things. The first is that I did not win the lottery. Not a damn penny The second is that after getting my tattoo on Saturday at Crater City Ink that was mentioned in the intro, that if I was goin...

So when I was working with a team of maintenance workers with a high number of lacerations, and injuries to their hands, I found the perfect way to reduce the issues within two months. I gave first aid kits to teams that didn’t need them and had the lowest injury rates. Listen to this episode to learn how a group mindset and poor safety practices were triggered to change in under 10 minutes.

So in this segment, I am discussing the – Safety Outlook for 2022 In the safety industry, many of us have been institutionalized these past two years by the effects of the pandemic and the severe conditions placed on them by OSHA and by the members of management not knowing how to deal with the events. The year has to start with reassessing the site or project for hazards or changes—updates to the...

If 1990 was the bitch in my life, then 1995 was the start of the ball! Bill Clinton was president, the devastation Oklahoma City bombing occurred, OJ Simpson was not found guilty of murder, Mike Tyson was released from prison. Windows ’95, eBay, and PlayStation made their appearance after the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian Mir space station, and Operation Desert Storm officially en...

In 1990 - while we were launching new GPS satellites into orbit, and the internet was to go from being a concept to reality - my life was about to change from being a fast moving, smart ass , spit and polished soldier to a beat down and busted civilian. From moving through the air at over 200 knots, to be high drag and low speed. 1990 was the year I crashed and burned, so that I could learn to fly...