Growing Bolder Community

How many times do you have the opportunity to talk to someone who is 102 years old? I had that pleasure when I called to check in on John Donnelly, my favorite over-100 years old athlete. His first comment to me was if we had created a 100-105 year old age group. He’s tired of having to play against younger competition. You know, in the 80-85 age group. John is planning on qualifying...

The hoopla over Oprah's debut on Twitter was ridiculous, but surprisingly divided. Celebrity tweets often feel more like personal ads, mini commercials (don't forget to catch my show on ---!) or little snippets of information carefully orchestrated to build admirers. Twitter is a community and expects interaction. Celebrities often act like they are above it, engaging only with other celebs. But a...

"My love is nt a game im real n dnt wnt a fake lien cheat" - Jennifer Mee, from her Myspace page On February 16, 2007, I wrote a post about the poor St. Petersburg girl who couldn't shake off hiccups. Believe me, I could relate. Although hers lasted more than a month, mine only hung around for about 2 weeks. Doctors tried everything with her, but in my case, a heavy dose of one medication in...

Rhonda Williams recently hit the jackpot! A few weeks ago, the Fairburn, Georgia resident was cleaning out her purse and discovered a lottery ticket worth a hundred eighty nine thousand dollars! A month prior, Irving Przyborski came across a lotto ticket that he’d bought and misplaced a year ago. The Chicago cab driver’s find was worth nine million dollars! Heartwarming lost and found...

I began writing this article in June, 2009. Today, I bring it up to date. In February of 2009, Chris George's car was found abandoned near a wooded area in Apopka, Florida. Also known as George Onda, family members and friends didn't think much of it because he often took off to go on drug-induced binges. Three weeks later, the family called Apopka police and a search ensued. One of the...

Money, Money, Money… Money makes the world go… ‘round??? Recently I heard...

9 Tips Before THEY Amputate Your Legs Below the Knee! By Dan Wimer, RN, MPLC I am a RN with 22 years of IV knowledge and I have been in the hospital 3 times in the past year. Two of the times I was on the receiving end of poor nursing care. The first stay, in May of 2009, the nurses managed to infect me with Staphylococcus aureus. The nurses at the hospital did not follow established...

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner....