The Great Malenko

Boris "The Great" Malenko

Larry Simon was the creator of ‘The Great Malenko’, no better heal graced the wrestling mats in the 1950s-60s and 70s. He could work a crowd into a frenzy.

Professor Malenko was a huge contrast to the real Larry Simon. Larry Simon was a family man whose pride and joy were his 2 sons Jodie and Dean. Both were into wrestling, trained by Malenko himself and the legendary Karl Gotch.

Often times you would find Larry with his sons and wife at a bowling alley, or at a movie. What a shocker to the many wrestling fans who thought he was the second coming of the Devil.

Malenko and Eddie Graham had some of the greatest blowouts in Fort Homer Hesterly Armory history. Sold out shows when these two would tango. The relationship ended on a sour note and Malenko never wrestled for Championship Wrestling from Florida again. Til the day he died he had a bad spot in his gut for Eddie.

Malenko passed away in the mid 90s from Leukemia. I visited him in the hospital and he told a reporter, “I would not wish this disease on my worst enemy’. He fought hard, but at the end it took his strength away.

He would be very proud of his sons, one a pharmacist who became a millionaire through one of his inventions, and the other an international wrestling star.

Larry Simon, The Great Malenko, thanks for the many fond memories.

For additional research, please follow the link.......
http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/b/boris-malenko.html

Do something good, today!

When it's over, it's over. You don't get a second chance. Live every day, every day!

Here is an interesting web site that projects your life expectancy http://www.nmfn.com/tn/learnctr--lifeevents--longevity_game

Happy Thanksgiving...

It doesn't get any better than Thanksgiving in Las Vegas....thanks to Bo....the boys are headed for another "road trip". Participants (so far) include Crispy, Corky, Scrappy, Chop Suey, and a very brave woman...Chris

Watching football at the sports book, playing poker, lounging in the Spa, driving to Hoover Dam, visiting the Grand Canyon, eating too much at a buffet and hearing Bo destroy a public restroom, and maybe seeing a few shows?

A few of my favorite headliners are playing including.....George Carlin, Penn & Teller, Three Dog Night, America, Celine Dion (just kidding) and maybe even see one of the cool hypnotist shows? Maybe even try to get tickets for the Paul McCartney concert.

If anyone wants to join the insanity...we'll be staying at the Monte Carlo.....have a great Thanksgiving!

The bigger they are........

Business and ethics classes have a new chapter to add to the curriculum thanks to corporate CEO's that allow power and greed to consume them.

The most recent example......Dennis Kozlowski, former CEO of Tyco, owner of ADT, the world's largest security contractor (I love irony). Mr. Koslowski was convicted for stealing (estimated around $600m) from he stockholders and investors. Why did he need a $2,000 shower curtain? Why did he need to pay Jimmy Buffett a $1m to sing for his wife's birthday?

Dennis will have (8-25) year's to ponder his stupidity at a NY state prison not the comfy minimum security "Club Fed". The state prisons do not have the facilities..... Former prosecutor David Gourevitch, however, said there were no facilities in the state system comparable to federal minimum-security prisons such as the one where entrepreneur Martha Stewart spent her five-month sentence.

"In the federal system, outside of maximum-security places, generally people are physically safe. I don't think anybody would say that about New York state prison," Gourevitch said. "And from a state perspective, this is one of the longest sentences in a corporate fraud case that I can recall."

Foglia said that in most cases, defendants sentenced to more than six years are sent to maximum-security prisons. She said it would be several weeks before the state decides where to send Kozlowski and Swartz. In the meantime, they will stay at a holding facility known as the Tombs in Lower Manhattan and then be sent to Rikers Island, the temporary jail for New York City inmates before they are sent to state prisons.

In June, a jury found former Tyco chief executive Kozlowski, 58, and former chief financial officer Swartz, 45, guilty of criminal counts of grand larceny, conspiracy, securities fraud and eight of nine counts of falsifying business records.

Obus imposed the same prison sentence on both men. He ordered Kozlowski to pay a $70 million fine and Swartz to pay a $35 million fine. He ordered both men to repay Tyco a combined $134.4 million in restitution of illegal bonuses and other illicit payments.

Haven't we had enough?

Maybe Pat Roberson is right?

Tropical Storm Gamma is headed towards South Florida and this time I am leaving! If it doesn't change it's path...I am packing up and headed North.

During Wilma...my (18th floor) condo was shaking, the power went out, and the emergency generator ran out of gas...No lights, No emergency lights in the stairwell, No elevators, and No water...and no cable TV.....enough is enough!

I still hate Steve Spurrier!

It was a great weekend, even if the Gators lost to South Carolina for the first time since 1939!

I had the opportunity to fly to Charlotte, N.C. and visit the National Headquarters of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. Mark Timmes, Executive Director took me for a personal tour of the offices and provided insight to the history and fraternity memoriabilia. I even had the opportunity to have dinner with a few of the National Foundation members and our past Executive Director, Durward Owen.

Our hosts at USC, Jerry and Mary Anne Brewer, provided an awesome tailgate party with great food and ice cold beer that helped ease the pain of another Gator Flop!

Of course we finished the weekend off with a late night run to the Waffle House.....

Words of Wisdom

"As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do."

"There is no use whatsoever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself."--Andrew Carnegie

Who secures the ACLU?

According to The New York Sun newspaper, the New York chapter of the ACLU is suing the city for random bag checks in the subway system. But guess who's checking bags in their own offices? You got it, the NYCLU. The sign outside the office says, quote, "Please have photo ID ready for inspection. All packages are subject to inspection upon entering and leaving the premises."