Zoltan the Adequate

In 2000 I attended my first Michigan Renaissance Festival . I saw a lot of things there, Sword fighting, Horse Jousting . A lot of People in costumes and I first saw Zoltan the Adequate,Adequate meaning Good Enough. Zoltan is what we'd describe as a geek Magician. Sword Swallowing , Fire Eating, Tricks involving Handcuffs and other props. PLUS the guy was very funny. The show I was at Someone handcuffed him to prove that the cuffs were tight Zoltan runs into the Audience Stops in front of ME and I inspected his Handcuffs. Zoltan put on a great show.

The next day while I was at work I burned my hand and I mentioned this to Zoltan when I emailed him to say what A great time i had at the Ren Fest . He emailed me back to say that most of his audience has problems with fire and he was happy that I enjoyed the show. The Next year was different. I entered the Ren fest and grabbed a Program and Schedule of all the performers glanced it over , NO ZOLTAN. Disappointment set in saw a few shows , Sword Fighting and a guy with a Ventriloquist Dummy cut the day short then went home. Emailed Zoltan Again , www.Justadequate.com , and asked why he wasn't there. Zoltan Emailed me back that he couldn't aree with things with the people putting on the Renaissance fest and skipped Michigan . THEN he asked me how my hand was and if it healed nicely. HE REMEMBERED the email from a year ago, Very Cool. From that time on The Michigan Renaissance fests have gone down hill. in my opinion BUT have recently Improved with All the acts people loved to go see, This included Zoltan.

I enjoyed Zoltans show so much That I've Emailed the guy often over the years , I check Justadequate.com frequently to see whats up with Zoltan . I have Stolen the name Zoltan for my own Online use , Mostly Comments on other websites and message Boards.

I think Zoltan The Adequate can be used Post Renaissance Festival . What Wild West Show, Civil war reenactment or One of those Charles Dickens/ Scrooge Christmas Villages that pop up every Holiday could benefit from an appearance from Zoltan The Adequate . HIZZAH!!!!!!

MAYBE 30(Revised)

I have decided NOT to attend my 20Th High School reunion . The high school I went to closed up and there really isn't anyone I want to really see. I'm the type of guy who didn't like High school and those 4 years aren't really important enough for me to revisit.

The last 20 years of my life have flown by . It feels like like it was yesterday being a little kid. A while ago at work I was setting up a table in the Produce department. My Boss Bennie was at another table with Trevor another guy I work with. Bennie was talking and asked me what year I graduated from High school I told him 1988, then Trevor started laughing and told Bennie something I didn't hear Then he started laughing. After asking them what was so funny Bennie told me that Trevor was BORN in 1988. Damn did I feel old. People born in 88 are suppose to be lil kids . I think I'll go rub on a tube of BENGAY .......

I Once Bumped Into A Midget

A Long Time Ago, I was at work setting up my produce wall this customer comes up to me and asks me where the Veggie trays were located . I thought this guy had a little Ten year old kid following him . I didn't see his face because he had a hooded sweatshirt on and the hood was covering his whole head. I show the guy where the veggie trays were but I accidentally bumped into the little kid because I didn't see him. I said excuse me or Sorry or something else and looked at his face inside of the hood. What glared back at me was a mans face with the nastiest dirtiest look I have ever gotten. Then It occurred to me that I pissed off a midget as he walked away from my department. I wonder what his problem was??

I think the Lil fella was running late to his job at the chocolate factory......

The Square Root Of 3'

I fear that I will always be
A lonely number like root three
A three is all that's good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath a vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine
For nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmetic
I know I'll never see the sun, as 1.7321
Such is my reality, a sad irrationality
When hark! What is this I see,
Another square root of a three
Has quietly come waltzing by,
Together now we multiply
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integer
We break free from our mortal bonds
And with a wave of magic wands
Our square root signs become unglued
And love for me has been renewed.

Howard E Morse

Howard Edward Morse was a neighborhood kid my mother played with when she was a child . Edward died when he was a 20 year old kid in Vietnam. Today September 11 2008 I saw the name Howard Edward Morse On a traveling replica of the Vietnam War memorial. Being a half size replica it still had to be the length of a football field . I wonder how long the memorial for the Iraqi war will be? I stood at the memorial quiet with my thoughts and silently prayed for everyone on that wall .

The Vietnam Memorial was at Mt.Brighton and following that memorial and stationed at the Brighton Airport was a Vietnam Era Huey helicopter . when I first arrived at the airport I Could hear the Helicopter approaching . It landed generating enormous gusts of wind . When the Engines were turned off I went up to the Pilot and heard him speak about the helicopter and the time his organization spent restoring her....

The Helicopter JUST flew over my home as I'm Typing this

It was a Tuesday

I woke up after the second Jet plane crashed into the World Trade Center. No one knew what was going on then. Some still thought it was an accident . I remember thinking that this was unreal it only happens in movies or on TV .

The weird thing about September 11 2001 was that it was a beautiful day, Clear blue sky and here in Michigan Very still and Quiet. Only noise I heard was a wind chime blowing with the slight breezes that day.

I felt like it was my duty to tell others who may not know about the attack in New York . I woke up a friend and made her turn on the TV . I called work and told my friend Dave what had happened and I forwarded an Email I got late in the day , The Email was a prayer for peace, I got one response from a friend She was young and Angry about the attack .She didn't want to pray for peace.

Remember how things were the few days after September 11. There was a new sense of being Patriotic. Lots of Blood drives and Food drives for the World Trade Center victims . A feeling of Brother hood between us all. Whatever happened to that?