FEEL THE BURN...you can do it! |
It's THAT time of year again, folks...Spring is (FINALLY) in the air - time to shed some of that "winter-coat" and get ready for the beach, right?With KUDOS to my friend, Bill Squire; I offer this ins...
Posted by Mark Knope on Wed, 07 May 2008 08:14:00 PST |
I GOT YER SPRING...right here, right? |
You’re kidding, right?
Spring?
Just because we set the clocks ahead a couple of weekends ago - by NO means dictates that it’s "SPRING."
I woke up in St. Ignace, MI; this a.m. - with around...
Posted by Mark Knope on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:45:00 PST |
OPERATION CHARLIE - A SUCCESS!!! |
A BIG THANK-YOU to everyone that participated in OPERATION CHARLIE!
Dad was amazed at all the cards he received this year - I'm betting he'd be a pretty popular guy on myspace, if he ever learned how ...
Posted by Mark Knope on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:20:00 PST |
My first Christmas without mom... |
I'm one lucky guy.
I had my mom for 49 Christmases...
She passed away on Sunday night - just two days ago.
I'll miss her terribly, but...I'm content in knowing that she's no longer in pain and she has...
Posted by Mark Knope on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:13:00 PST |
Mom AND Dad...and a favor, if you please?!? |
Just a quick update - mom had another setback and was transferred back to ICU/isolation (yesterday) Wednesday morning. The staff at Henry Ford Wyandotte had detected that mom's heart-rate had elevated...
Posted by Mark Knope on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:36:00 PST |
CRUISIN’ DOWN ROOT CANAL... |
It's over - and I survived.
I knew I would, but...ugghhh...I dunno how to explain it, but...I just HATE being in a dentist's chair. I don't even like walking into their office. They all have THAT sme...
Posted by Mark Knope on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:12:00 PST |
My mom |
*****To get some of you in "the loop" - my mom had another (either her third or fourth, depending on who's doing the counting) stroke back on Nov. 6th - it rendered her (literally) speechless for abou...
Posted by Mark Knope on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:23:00 PST |
It had been a looong time... |
My mom had (another) stroke last week - Tuesday morning, Nov. 6th.
It's the third major stroke she's suffered in the past three-and-a-half years.
This one left her without speech.
She couldn't speak a...
Posted by Mark Knope on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:10:00 PST |
GRUMPY? I think not...sleepy, perhaps. |
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I got up to Coon Rapids a bit earlier than I thought I would (after a brief meeting with Ken Reed, owner/GM of the new JOKE JOINT in Bloomington, MN) and the powers that be at GRUMPY'S took care...
Posted by Mark Knope on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:43:00 PST |
FULL FRONTAL BART...AYE, KARUMBA! |
I'm on the road in Iowa and had Thursday night off, right? The local theater in Coralville, IA; was advertising a 12:01 a.m. showing of "THE SIMPSONS" movie - what the heck, Steve Lind (my opening act...
Posted by Mark Knope on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:56:00 PST |
