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This year’s athletic events

I have pretty much settled on the events I will be doing in 2011. Here is the list: date location event what it is fundraiser 2/20 Boston, MA C.R.A.S.H.-B. Indoor rowing championships not a fundraiser 4/16-17 D.C. to Gettysburg FOA ride World T.E.A.M. Sports Face of America Ride to honor our military�disabled, veterans and active duty�in a ride from DC to Gettysburg, PA Resources and support to injured service members, [...]

Crowd-sourcing to fund creative projects

To fund Who Says I Can’t the reality TV series, I am using a two-pronged approach. Our estimated need to create a really super quality pilot is $150,000. That could be done for less but we left some room in that to make sure we can get the best music and graphics which separates the [...]

Joining the Board of PiersPark Sailing Center

I am thrilled and honored to be the newest member of the board of directors of PiersPark Sailing Center. Here is a brief overview of what PiersPark is all about from their Web site (http://piersparksailing.org): Our Mission Piers Park Sailing Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit community sailing center on the East Boston waterfront in Boston�s Inner Harbor. [...]

Guest post: Art Boulet

This is a guest post written by Art Boulet. Art is married to my niece Liz Hohl Boulet. Art�is a grad student at Princeton Seminary and is the coordinator of the Princeton Dead Sea Scrolls Project, which works on translating and publishing all of the dead sea scrolls. He is (now!) an avid runner and [...]

Gunnelling Across Temagami

How to Gunnel a Canoe Gunnelling a canoe is a challenging fun summer water-based activity but it stems from a very practical war-time practice of native americans who traveled a lot by canoe. The idea is for one person to drive a canoe without using paddles and therefore their hands. This of course allows the native [...]

Favorite college prof

Thomas Jefferson Smith was my favorite Kalamazoo College professor. It is due to him that I chose to be a math major and that inevitably led me to my career in computer science. He also played a pivotal role when, during my sophomore year, I got the shock that the bone cancer had been lurking [...]

The TV Series

Positive & inspirational “Who Says I Can’t” is a new television show I am creating that tells the story of brave and determined men and women as they overcome disabilities and become athletes. The program will feature the “up close and personal” style of Olympic features combined with the heart-warming community elements of “Extreme Makeover” and [...]

Justin.tv webinar appearance

Jothy Rosenberg, author of, “Who Says I Can’t” talks about fighting back, surviving and thriving against long odds in this recorded webinar for Wellsphere Sponsor: Wellsphere @ http://www.wellsphere.com Video production: Justin.tv @ http://www.justin.tv Click on the image to the left to view the video:

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

R-E-S-P-E-C-T What you want Baby, I got What you need Do you know I got it? All I’m askin’ Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit) Hey baby (just a little bit) when you get home (just a little bit) mister (just a little bit) – Aretha Franklin, singing the Otis [...]