The fastest, most effective way to learn about servant leadership is to take a puppy for a walk. I put a business card pouch around my dog’s neck, like a St Bernard with brandy. Now when I meet people on walks, I tell ‘em she’s my personal assistant. Peeing on every bush and hydrant [...]
My friend Roland Kemokai started life in Africa as a baby abandoned on a trash dump. How he survived that precarious beginning (and many other hard turns) to become a talented musician, composer, speaker, and now author is a story I think you’ll find unbelievable and inspiring. Check out this short video and few paragraphs [...]
As crazy as I am about books, I can usually put them down when it’s time to dive into a meal or hit the hay. But this one I literally could not stop reading. Elizabeth Gilbert is a talented writer (she also wrote Eat Pray Love), and her subject – Eustace Conway – is one [...]
Just had a request to post this song, along with the lyrics, and being a customer-friendly kind of guy with a few extra minutes on his hands, I’m happy to. Lyrics first, followed by the track to listen. There’s also a link to download it… TOUCH LIKE A LOVER, TALK LIKE A FRIEND (Greg Tamblyn) [...]
It’s now officially the “Summer of Swelter” here in the midwest. We’ve been offering up our body fluids in 100+ degree temperatures for days – in some places, weeks – at a time. Global Warming now seems an inadequate term. It feels more like Global Melting. And it’s not that dry heat* like in Arizona. [...]
Jack LaLanne died Sunday, at 96 years old. He was one of my heroes. He followed his own voice. He created his own niche, and in the process helped untold numbers of people get healthier. As a byproduct, he became famous and successful, in the best sense of that word. He gave up sugar when [...]
[Greg's note: This boy is the grandson of a friend. I haven't met his mother, but she writes well....and I love the story] How my 5 year plans to change the world On the way to school Tuesday morning, my son asked, “Mom, how do you change the world?” We talked about volunteering time or [...]
This starts out as a funny relationship song, then takes a couple of left turns. It doesn’t go where you think it’s gonna go. Click the link below to see the video. (It’s a Quicktime (.mov) file, and will open on another page.) To come back here and leave a comment afterward, just hit your [...]
If you travel (and maybe even if you don’t), eventually an airline loses your luggage. For reasons you can’t possibly foresee, or even imagine, sometimes it actually works out for the best. I’d been hired to speak and sing for a school group (teachers, counselors, administrators) in Alamosa Colorado. The gig was at 8 AM [...]
NOTE: By request, I have excerpted this story from my book, Atilla The Gate Agent: Travel Tales and Life Lessons From A Musical Laf-ologist. During 1990 I lived in the Cayman Islands, working as an entertainer at a posh resort. Despite the laid back, exotic lifestyle, it was a period of great uncertainty in my [...]
