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About Me

I am a retired Police Sergeant. I had 30 years - 27 in a Michigan city, and my career began as a Deputy at the Lake County (Michigan) Sheriff's Department. At the time of my retirement I was my department's tactical team commander and rangemaster. I am currently working for a police supply company in Lansing, Michigan. I am also a firearms instructor at the Mid-Michigan Police Academy, and for 11 years I was a guest instructor for Firearms Instructor schools at the Michigan State Police Academy.I am married to Bev (who retired as a Detective Sergeant from the state police). I have a son (married and lives in Myrtle Beach) and daughter (married and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan). Bev has two daughters (the oldest married and living in Myrtle Beach, the other in Brisbane, Australia) and a son (whose hard core band signed with a record label and has been touring the country {and Canada} fronting for bigger name bands - it's the same process for any band who has become nationally known).found this sports layout at HOT FreeLayouts.com

My Interests

Spending time with my wife. Spending time with our kids. Spending time with our parents. My backyard birdfeeders. Baseball, and those lovable Chicago Cubs. Born in 1964, Hasbro's G.I. Joe.

I'd like to meet:

HISTORICAL: George Armstrong Custer and Crazy Horse. Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. John Lennon. LIVING: Neil Armstrong and W.E.B. Griffin. (I would also love the opportunity to spend more time with my grandparents who have all passed on.)

Music:

the Beatles. John Lennon. Alanis Morissette. Eric Clapton. Bonnie Raitt. Paul Simon. Lightnin' Hopkins. John Lee Hooker. B.B. King. Muddy Waters.

Movies:

Field of Dreams. Bull Durham. Wizard of Oz. We Were Soldiers Once.

Television:

Two And a Half Men. NCIS. The First 48. American Justice. BRING BACK The Unit.

Books:

Anything by W.E.B. Griffin. "Wicked". Just about any historical biography.

Heroes:

My Father. My Mother. My Grandmother Jackson. Any police officer that gets into a patrol car or a SWAT wagon.

My Blog

Grandpa Randy

David and Jennifer will have a baby at the end of August. I couldn't be happier. They'll be great parents, and the baby will be nurtured and loved.Life is good, indeed!
Posted by Randy on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:33:00 PST

Greetings from beautiful Myrtle Beach...

...where the sun is shining and the sky is blue. (It's only 55 degrees though...) I flew down here on the 5th with my Mom and Dad. It was Dad's 88th birthday. Not many 88 year olds get to go flying on...
Posted by Randy on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PST

26th anniversary

John Lennon was murdered 26 years ago. His absence continues to be felt.
Posted by Randy on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:54:00 PST

Shoulder surgery update

It's been two months since my surgery. My therapy started three weeks ago, and was all passive movement - I had strict instructions to not try to move my arm using the arm/shoulder muscles. In that th...
Posted by Randy on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:25:00 PST

My therapy started

I had my first physical therapy session this morning. Tomorrow marks five weeks since my surgery.The therapy went well. I was mentally prepared to be manipulated into a lot of pain. What actually happ...
Posted by Randy on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:08:00 PST

Post surgery appointment

Hello!I had my initial follow-up visit with the doctor this morning, and thought I'd use this venue to update everyone (and save myself a bunch of phone calls, each saying the same things).First, I fo...
Posted by Randy on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:43:00 PST

Recovering

I've had two showers, and two dressing changes. There is a 4" incision starting on top of my shoulder going toward my elbow. It appears to have been superglued closed. Each of the three arthroscopic h...
Posted by Randy on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:46:00 PST

A day after surgery

Good morning! My surgery went well. The doctor did have to make an incision to repair the tear, instead of doing it all arthroscopically. Right now my shoulder is trussed up like a Thanksgiving turkey...
Posted by Randy on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:52:00 PST

08/17/06 - shoulder surgery

In about 15 minutes I'll be leaving for the hospital to have my rotator cuff fixed. I'm anxious to get on with it so I can start getting normal motion back in my arm.I'll let you know how it went....
Posted by Randy on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 06:44:00 PST

Sunday (13th) evening

Hey Hey! Cubs win! Cubs win! Cubs win! (Jack and Harry, I hope you're smiling at the result!) On the other hand the Tigers got swept by the White Sox, and have lost five straight. Hopefully they'll ri...
Posted by Randy on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:16:00 PST