Welcome to America’s GRUMPiest Grandpa.
First of all, I am …
I’m a real grandpa (and the official designated Chief Giver of Hugs in the nursery at church) on a mission to be the guardian of our children and grandchildren. And I am GRUMPY.
I am a teacher, a photographer and a GRUMPY grandpa. I help the overwhelmed soccer mom (you and other moms, too – hockey moms and more ) to love and laugh out loud in your crazy busy world so you can have a fun time with the ones you love. So you can……love and laugh with the ones who matter most.
I’m the SLAYER of all things evil for your family.
You may like what I have to say.
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Join us. Don’t miss ANYthing
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Or you may disagree with me vehemently.
I am NOT just another blogger trying to make a buck from you.
So like me, share me with friends. 
Or unlike me, or just unsubscribe. Life is TOO SHORT to waste energy being politically correct.
– signed america’s GRUMPiest grandpa
Grandpa’s Manifesto – [long version]
I’m a real person (not just a writer), a real grandpa, a real GRUMPY Grandpa, and the advocate for your family. I’m not just another online blogger trying to make a buck from you.
I live in Florida with my oldest daughter, Libby, and her family. I’ve been staying alive just long enough to make life uncomfortable for my 4 wonderful adult children. And daily I’m trying to relate to my 6 grandchildren and their fast and digital world.
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And, with my adult children, we’re trying to comprehend some of the realities of our lives like their mother dying way too early in life from Alzheimer’s Disease. And trying to understand how earning advanced college degrees and working hard can still make you a part of the “middle class poor.”
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What about the little people in you life?
The little people in your life are growing rapidly.
Check your priorities.
And they keep growing.
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Learn from one of my EPIC FAILURES that will save you some time and heartache. Maybe you’ll just have a laugh (AT me and NOT WITH me) at some of my crazy thinking.
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What Ya NEED to Hear
Hearing from america’s GRUMPiest grandpa may be just what you NEED to hear today. I said what you NEED to hear.
Not what you WANT to hear. Stay with me here. This will make sense to you if you’ll finish reading this entire post.
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So just read this entire post.
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From Baby Boomer to…
…to America’s GRUMPiest Grandpa
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Back to School for…
… America’s GRUMPiest Grandpa
Now as a grandparent, I’m going back to school again. I’m busy doing homework every day with a 6-year-old and a 10-year-old child. I’m relearning my colors and sight words and math.
And learning how to read and count through the eyes of a 6-year-old child.
And I am learning that play is the best learning tool.
I’m also embracing the wonderful world of technology – taking technology classes online (via Team Treehouse in Orlando, and through Coursera internationally), learning HTML and learning how to build an android app.
I’m busy learning how to edit my GoPro videos [just 1 minute long]. Watch here. (I think my videos are great, and they should go viral soon; one video even has 79 views). And I’m busy learning how to become friends with WordPress and with the world of blogging and online affiliate marketing.
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If you ever wanted to blog, look at my Crash Text Page. I can take away some of the pain of your learning curve.
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Be Hot or COLD But…
Every morning I get a healthy dose of positive inspiration from my good friend – Eric Thomas. ET is my motivator and spiritual mentor.
Eric Thomas helps me to focus on my core beliefs. Here’s one of my core beliefs about what we should be doing on this earth. And what motivates me to write.
Be HOT or COLD.
But NOT lukewarm.
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I do NOT want to live as a lukewarm person anymore. Most of my life I’ve been the 3-piece-suit corporate robot – a robot in the negative sense of the word — blindly supporting and promoting corporate values. Out of a sense of loyalty.
I’ve spent my life being politically correct while quietly and methodically climbing the corporate ladder.
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No one that I know has EVER reminisced about the Friday (all those Fridays and weekends) that they worked late.
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By the way, when you finally reach the top of that corporate ladder, if you trip or make a mistake; you can fall straight to the bottom in a New York City nanosecond. So recheck your priorities if you are investing your future in that corporate ladder.
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Be HOT. Be Cold. NOT Lukewarm.
Being politically correct as a life style is a waste of your intellectual assets. Let me explain by quoting some verses from the Bible. (If you don’t believe in the Bible, keep reading anyway because this is just good stuff.)
Don’t be lukewarm.
Be HOT about something.
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Miss Clara: “No, baby. Mine’s HOT.”
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– Revelations 3:15 – 17 (version: The Message). I believe this is strong and direct language that you can understand.
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“You’re stale.
You’re stagnant.
You make me want to vomit.”
Any questions ?
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You Make Me Want to Vomit
People who are lukewarm make me sick. “You make me want to vomit.” Yes, people who are strong and focused and opinionated may polarize their audiences. So what !
But they do force some new thinking and actions. I call this a good thing. New and fresh thinking followed by massive actions.
Otherwise we just keep marching as spineless and mindless CORPORATE ANDROIDS.
We need more people who are HOT or COLD.
We do NOT need anymore lukewarm, stagnant people.
We have plenty of those kind of people – getting NOTHING DONE. Just doing nothing – but faster and more efficiently.
I want you to join me …
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Join me.
Become the Slayer of ALL Things Evil.
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Phil Robertson – NOT Lukewarm
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Love him or hate him. Phil doesn’t leave any middle ground.
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The national news carried his story for days on every media – relentlessly criticizing him.
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The good news is that his direct comments forced people to think and TAKE A STAND – with him or against him. He spoke clearly. Phil speaks in an “unPhiltered” fashion.
Rev Martin Luther King, Jr – had a dream !
Martin Luther King, Jr, lived as a true leader, and he died a TRUE LEADER.
Martin Luther King, Jr., was NOT lukewarm.
Being politically correct and lukewarm may keep you alive. Being either HOT or COLD DOES CHALLENGE our thinking, but being LUKEWARM can NOT change the world.
- Be ready for the haters when you speak boldly.
- Haters gotta hate.
- That’s just what they do.
- People who change the world are gonna have haters.
Leader-LESS Leadership – no strategy yet ?
- No backbone.
- No courage.
- Definitely NOT a Martin Luther King leader.
- ANYTHING and ANYONE will fill the void.
- People want leadership.
- No, people NEED leadership.
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Today, more than ever, the world needs leadership.
Our world lacks leadership.
In the absence of leadership, people will listen to anyone.
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Yes, Grandpa Is a Hypocrite
I choose to be HOT and COLD on different topics.
And, as I CHANGE MY MIND with new information, you can call me inconsistent or a HYPOCRITE.
I am taking a stand to be the slayer of all things evil for our children and grandchildren and to be the protector of all things good and necessary for the survival of our children.
I’m not a hater, but I’m willing to take the risk of being called a hater.
I’m willing to take the risk of being called crazy.
I refuse to be stale, stagnant, and lukewarm anymore. Lukewarm coffee makes me want to vomit.
Give me some hot coffee, or give me some iced coffee. You can keep your lukewarm coffee.
“I know you inside and out, and find little to my liking.
I believe this is strong and direct language that speaks very clearly.
I encourage you to read these verses (Revelations 3:15-17) in different versions from the Bible – regardless of your belief system. Download this app to read different versions.
The message of these verses stays consistent in every version.
- Be hot.
- Be cold.
- Take a stand; and say something.
- Do something.
- In the absence of leadership, people will follow ANYONE with a microphone.
- Or a blog.
Take a Stand on …
- politics,
- education,
- the traditional family,
- your non-traditional family,
- illegal immigration,
- health care,
- world peace,
- women’s rights.
In the Absence of Leadership, People …
… will listen to anyone who has a microphone (or a blog).
- Get angry.
- Disagree with me.
- Take a stand.
- If not, you make me want to vomit.
- Unfriend me, unfollow me, or unsubscribe.
- Or share my craziness with a friend.
- Let’s do this like it’s the 4th quarter of the final game of our lives.
- Because it is.
- Every day.
- Every play.
- It’s the 4th Quarter of the Final Game of our Lives.
You just finished reading the [long version] “Manifesto Rant” by America’s GRUMPiest Grandpa.
And I’m glad you did.
Thanks for listening – America’s GRUMPiest Grandpa
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It’s the 4th quarter of your life.
Be hot. | Be cold. | NOT lukewarm.
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