Cancer Sucks

Recently my son, Christopher, was diagnosed as having Testicular Cancer. Today we are taking him to the hospital to develop a treatment plan and get it all started.

The disease is frightening, and just the word "cancer" strikes fear in the average person. However, as we become educated about this, we are realizing that success against this disease is more common than failure.

I will keep you posted on how it is going.

God Bless, and thank you.

The audience is growing!

Political Pistachio Radio is rapidly gaining in popularity, as is my Political Pistachio website. I have a list of guests coming up, and I have been contacted by CENTCOM to receive their newsletter so that I may be up to date on the war effort against terrorism.

Here's the programming schedule for my radio show coming up:

This coming Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern, which is appropriately Armed Forces Day, we have a proud veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and a founding member of Catholic Veterans Against Kennedy, Kerry, and McGovern. Paul Couturier will be our guest to discuss the ongoing war in Iraq - and be aware, he is far from being politically correct - and he is still active duty so though I urge callers to call in and ask him questions, we must be respectful of his position as a current active member of the military.

On Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern, we will have Warren Lee Culpepper who is currently writing his book, "Alone and Unafraid: One Marine's Counterattack Inside the Walls of Public Education" on as an expert guest to discuss how our children are being indoctrinated in public schools, especially in light of this recent lawsuit in Chicago over a teacher showing Brokeback Mountain in a class of twelve year olds (not only because of the gay agenda attached to that film, but the R-rating). He is not only a fellow blogger at Culpepper: Marine Teaching Maniac, but is also a contributing columnist for The North Carolina Conservative, The HinzSight Report, The Publius' Forum, and Mich News dot com.

The Saturday after that, June 2, 2007 at 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern, we will have a very special guest: Cary Cartter of http://itisobvious.blogspot.com/ - or as some of you know it: I'm Thinking of the "O" Word (I meant Obvious, what were YOU thinking?). He will be on the show to discuss Election 2008, his write-in candidacy, and what is needed to return our nation to Conservative Values.

Saturday, June 9, 2007 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern, myself and Mrs. Pistachio are currently negotiating with a potential guest with an extensive military background, extensive weapons knowledge, and the author of a Clancy-style book that is taking the nation by storm.

The day before Father's Day, June 16, 2007 at 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern, Gary Moore of "Playing With The Enemy" may join us (waiting for final affirmation). He was interviewed by Political Pistachio Radio on April 7, 2007 and that show has been the most listened to of all PPR episodes. He will be back to join Mrs. Pistachio and myself the day before Father's Day (which is almost exactly one year prior to the release of the Major Motion Picture release of the movie based on his book about World War II, Baseball, and a field of broken dreams). Maybe we'll be able to get him to tell us who the big star is that the movie landed for one of the starring roles! Oh, and his publisher has authorized me to have a book giveaway that day. Two PPR listeners will win a personally autographed copy of Playing With The Enemy during that episode. Details on how to get in on this contest will be provided at a later date.

I had a Revelation

My book, The Way Of Deception, was completed a year ago, at which time I attempted to get it published, and after 163 rejections by literary agents I decided to rewrite and fix it. I received advice from one such literary agent that I bounced around points of view and needed to change that.

A year later I am almost complete, but something is still missing. It's too basic of a story.

Then a revelation struck me! Why not add a trippy suspenseful twist that is totally believable, but would freak people out? And I have just the antidote.

uh, uh, uh, don't ask, you'll have to wait until I finish the book (again) and then you can know the secrets of the phone call from the President of the United States to Jarrod.