ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO!

Actually, I just want to brag about all the amazing things I seem to get myself into or involved with.
To the right is a shot of me ------------------------------>>>
next to the brand new $600K Rescue/Pumper that the Taunton Fire Dept. took delivery of just before thanksgiving. Sorry the pic is so dark and doesn't show the massive size of this 40 ft behemoth of a firetruck. It serves as both a front line attack pumper/engine or a heavy rescue vehicle for almost any type rescue situation and it actually has a twin pair of "Jaws of Life" rescue tools. We sold a lot of pancakes to buy this baby..Ha Ha Ha.


Hey, that must be me, the MLB Wannabe or shouldabeen as I stopped to pose in front of the entrance sign at the Cooperstown
All-Star Baseball Camp which is actually located about 45 minutes south of The Hall of Fame in Oneonta, New York. OMG, you should have seen this facility, I wish I was a kid again and my parents had the $3500. it takes to go to this unbelieveable baseball camp. The 8 playing fields were all like major league caliber!

This past summer for the 2nd year in a row, I single handedly organized "Volunteer Firefighter Night" at our local Triple A Stadium. One of the highlights of the evening is a pre-game on field ceremony where we award our Firefighter of the year. This is a very prestigious event. There was also a whole slew of other events that went on. When this evening is over, I have to take a sigh of relief and say, Gordo, You never cease to amaze myself sometime! ha ha ha.


Well, my only claim to fame with the attached video, is the fact that I shot it at this years family reunion and it is priceless. When I got Ma to be-bop and rock in her chair to that music, I could have died. I will cherish this forever Mom!!
I love you, you're way too cute!


So, What can I tell you about the day I went fishing with my good friend Wally Fishmonger out on Otisco Lake. It was a really cool September day '08 as you can see by the jacket and I told Wally I wanted to just fish off the dock with my usual worms and bobber for panfish or something similar...Naahhh, c'mon, let's go out trolling a little way, they say the bass have been hitting he says. I hate bass, they get too big and their dorsal fins are too sharp, and I always get stuck and I'm still a big fat scaredy cat about any fish bigger then my two hands, but nooooo, Wally has to have his way, and OH MY FREAKING GOD, I almost jumped out of the boat when I felt the tug on my line, and when I got first glimpse of this massive 52 inch freak of nature I threw Wally my pole and told him I quit fishing. I let him take it in and I was fine just taking the picture, from THE OTHER END OF THE BOAT!!



This video propbably hasn't been seen by many and it also is pretty neat and something I will cherish. Pop's is definately the Rock, the Patriarch of the Kotars Clan. While I apologize that the video does not have the quality that NBC or CBS Sports would have in following the ball, this tee off shot was truly a beauty.
ps...(my father once told me that beauty is only in the eye of the beholder) But it sure sounded good!
That's all for now bloggers, I have chores to do on this very snowy Sunday afternoon, the last day of November, 2008. Yikes!!! Merry Christmas pretty soon !!