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I got the unusual treat this week to take a weekday off and go with a friend to see a movie. It is rare that I take a weekday and go play. It is even more rare to go with a friend. I love my wife and enjoy going out and doing stuff together. But it was a great experience to just go out with a buddy and enjoy good conversation. We also enjoyed a good movie. We saw Rocky Balboa. I remember seeing the original Rocky all the way back in the '70's. It was a powerful movie if I remember it all these years later. So this was a nice bookend for me. As far as the movie is concerned, it has to do with Rocky coming out of retirement to fight one last fight. At almost 60 years old it is a little far fetched. But I gotta say, I wouldn't want to mess with Sly. He is pumped. Watching him work out to get into shape, I got up the next morning sore. And to see him going toe-to-toe with a guy half his age is tough to choke - if you let it. If you sit back and listen to what is happening in th...

Garrison Keillor on "Those People called Methodists" I love Garrison Keillor. The Prairie Home Companion is a great Saturday evening (or Sunday afternoon) treat if you listen to NPR. I don't know where Ben got this, but it is very funny. Interesting tidbits to get out of this bit: Garrison Keillor and Jeff Foxworthy are Methodists. Here are some other famous Methodists you may not have known about: Will Rogers George Lucas ( Star Wars ) Jeff Smith ( The Frugal Gourmet - one of my cooking heroes - UM minister) Stephen Crane (writer - Red Badge of Courage ) Stephen King Jackie Robinson Tom Landry Thomas Welch (Welch's grape juice) William Booth (founder of Salvation Army) Hugh Hefner ( Playboy ) So there is a little bit of Methodist trivia for today. Enjoy.

Okay, admit it. You've googled yourself. If not, you should. You would be surprised what you might find. If you go back to the post about Time's Person of the Year, you will see a couple of comments posted by "Todd". One of those isn't me. It was another Todd Bergman who was searching his name/my name on the internet. Wait a minute and ponder that one. But it was a little bizarre to have another person with the same name make contact. If your reading "Other Todd", I mean nothing personal about you. Personally. Just the circumstance. Not that I was offended. It was just. Bizarre. But in "meeting" another Todd Bergman I am curious and wonder: are we related somehow? Where is this other from? And do we share ancestors? Due to time and other writing responsibilities, I haven't posted anything new in a while. And this was mostly to let y'all know that I'm still here. See you...and the other Todd Bergman...around.