January 9th, 2009
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Growing Bolder Insider Volume 17
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Santa Ready to Head North
While most snowbirds fly south for the winter, Santa Claus flies north -- way north. But then again, he's always been a unique fellow. And a reclusive fellow. That's why we're pleased to present a Growing Bolder exclusive. With the holiday season rapidly approaching, Santa is preparing to move from his summer home in Florida to his workshop at the North Pole. Before leaving, he invited Growing Bolder to drop by his crib for some quality time with himself and the Mrs.
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The Best Advice Ever
If wisdom comes from age, then there are few alive wiser than Growing Bolder's Ruth1898. She's lived an incredible life. Ever since she was born -- yes, that's 109 years ago -- she's been all about helping others. She's been a schoolteacher, a radio talk show host, a diction teacher to Hollywood stars and a state legislator. And now, Ruth1898 has agreed to answer questions from our Growing Bolder members. Take a look and you'll be amazed at how insightful, articulate and relevant her advice is. Forget Dr. Phil. Ask Ruth1898! Just click here to learn more about Ruth1898 and to ask her your questions.
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GBTV
This Week's Episode: Tech Rock
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Growing Bolder member Roger McGuinn is a renowned techie -- a serious early adapter. He was one of the first rock stars in the world to have a Web page and to record his own music on a computer. His first cell phone came in a big suitcase.
Now he's at it again. Listen as Roger explains how he's created a rolling Wi-Fi system that enables him to stay on the Internet while rolling down the highway.
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GB Radio
Lauren Knows Best
Lauren Chapin stole Americans' hearts playing Kathy "Kitten" Anderson on the TV show, "Father Knows Best." But she made her biggest impact on the world as an adult, becoming a relentless fundraiser, teacher and ordained Evangelist. She is also a passionate advocate for teaching child stars the do's and don'ts of the world, and she speaks from experience.
Lauren recently told Growing Bolder about how her life spiraled out of control into an abyss of drugs and alcohol until 1979.
Find out what set her straight and what she thinks about Hollywood's current crop of wild children.
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The Constant Gardener
It's been said that the best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow. That's one big reason why the Polasek Museum near Orlando, Florida, has such an outstanding sculpture garden.
In this Growing Bolder profile, meet a retired businessman who is still working 40 hours a week.
But now, there's no paycheck.
Randy Knight has discovered that the joy of volunteering combined with the joy of gardening equals the fountain of youth.
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In the next Growing Bolder Insider: It was a day that would life in infamy. It's been 66 years since Japan rained bombs on Pearl Harbor but it feels like yesterday to one soldier wounded in the attack. Growing Bolder looks back on that fateful day with one of the few remaining survivors.
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Deep Thoughts
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
-- German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
A Look Back
Nov. 26, 1922
Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz is born in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1950, after several rejections, Schulz sells syndication rights to United Features, which changes the name of strip from "L'il Folks" to "Peanuts." Schulz draws the comic himself, without assistants, until his retirement at the age of 77. Peanuts ran in 2,600 papers, in 75 countries and 21 languages, earning Schulz some $30 million a year.
Nov. 26, 1862
Oxford mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson sends a handwritten manuscript called "Alice's Adventures Under Ground" to 10-year-old Alice Liddell.
Dodgson suffered from a severe stammer, except when he spoke with children. His tale of a girl who falls down a rabbit hole would become one of the earliest children's books written simply to amuse children, not to teach them.
Nov. 27, 1968
Steppenwolf's first album, featuring the rock and roll driving hit "Born to Be Wild," is certified gold with sales in excess of 500,000 copies.
In "Born to Be Wild," rough-voiced singer John Kay asks listeners to: "Get your motor running / head out on the highway / lookin' for adventure / in whatever comes our way."
Nov. 27, 1911
You think you have holiday weight issues! Elizabeth Jaffray, a White House housekeeper, writes in her diary about a conversation she'd had with President William Howard Taft and his wife about the commander-in- chief's expanding waistline.
Taft's 5' 11" frame carried anywhere between 270 pounds and 340 pounds over the course of his adult life.