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H.A. Thompson

Business owner, speaker, and author of Do Something Scary

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Love Lana

By HA On May 13, 2013 · Add Comment
Lanas Picture
I was going some place with my granddaughter, Lana, and in the car on the way I asked her to draw a picture of me, since she loves to draw. I think it’s a better picture of me than any camera ever caught. She got my hair and glasses perfect. I don’t know why my [...]
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Where Were You on May 8, 68 Years Ago?

By HA On May 8, 2013 · Add Comment
Holocaust remembrances
In 1945 I was at a kid’s summer camp when WWII ended.  Most of the last two generations don’t really know the horror of the Nazis towards the Jews.  The April 11, 2013 NY Times reports the obituary of Rabbi Herschel Schacter, age 95.  He was there when the US Army liberated the concentration camps in 1945. Here is [...]
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Playground of America

By HA On April 30, 2013 · Add Comment
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      ATLANTIC CITY As a New Jersey native,  I used to be proud of many of their landmarks. They need to pull the plug on the historical Atlantic City.  It is done…..overcooked …..and dried up. Sixty years ago it was considered one of the most popular vacation destinations in the country. In fact, [...]
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Politicking Harder than the Governor

By HA On March 18, 2013 · 1 Comment
HA, Ty, Andy, Don
A few weeks ago we brought a group of guests to the Hospitality and Tourism Alliance party, a big annual event at the NASCAR grand ballroom. It was a hoot. Ty Boyd was there too. He and I have been kibitzing for more than 40 years. We have too many coincidences. We honeymooned in the [...]
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Shagging and Beach Music in Charlotte NC

By HA On March 13, 2013 · Add Comment
Line Dancing
Shagging and beach music are alive and well in Charlotte, NC. Lynn’s is one of the favorite hangouts. One recent Sunday night Lynn’s featured the Fanstastic Shakers, a band that’s been around for 37 years. The Carolina Breakers filled the dance floor on Sunday, Feb 24th. Here’s Brenda, Pete, and Yours Truly. Peanut was around 35 [...]
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The Great Dance Routine

By HA On March 8, 2013 · Add Comment
My Mom and Dad were big fans of Bob Hope and James Cagney. I wish they could have seen this video. They taught me to love music and I was brought up on show tunes. When you watch this… you ask yourself… “Self, why are these guys so talented in all aspects of show business?” [...]
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The Brass Plaque

By HA On March 5, 2013 · 1 Comment
HA's Plaque
Back in April, WBT celebrated their 90th anniversary and named me to their Hall of Fame. They just put my brass plaque up in the hall last week. The likeness is from 1978 when I had a short Afro like Gabe Kaplan on Welcome Back Kotter. Something that will last longer than me.
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Five Lessons of True Leadership from the NFL

By HA On January 18, 2013 · Add Comment
mark schlereth
The speaker recently at the Hood Hargett Breakfast Club was Mark Schlereth, ESPN NFL analyst and 12-year veteran of the NFL. He said the average career of an NFL player is 3.4 years. 80% of marriages in the NFL end in divorce because the players don’t have a good ‘Plan B’….when they finish playing. They [...]
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Like Your Favorite Restaurant

By HA On January 18, 2013 · Add Comment
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  20 years ago I was in New York City and decided to take a trip to Harlem to see the Apollo Theater and to visit a landmark restaurant in northern Manhattan, called Sylvia’s. A soul food restaurant similar in tradition to The Coffee Cup in Charlotte. Biscuits, ribs and fried chicken, candied yams and collard greens. In [...]
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Women’s Movement… 60 Years and Finally Winning

By HA On January 15, 2013 · Add Comment
plenty sister
In 1953 MGM made a movie called Battle Circus starring Humphrey Bogart and June Allyson with Keenan Wynn, all big stars back then. I’m looking at an advertisement in Time Magazine. There’s a picture of Bogart kissing Allison and she says, “Say you love me….say it at least once.” Bogart, clutching her throat, says with their lips pressed [...]
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