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H.A. Thompson

Business owner, speaker, and author of Do Something Scary

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Business: Evolve or Perish

By HA On January 8, 2013 · 1 Comment
riverview-inn
Did you see where the Riverview Inn (fish camp) over on the Catawba River is closing its doors after 67 years? Ty Boyd used to do commercials for that place on WBT, and talk about wooden leg Captain Windy. I guess the customers just kept moving further out of town and their base slowly disappeared. [...]
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Lunch with my Granddaughter

By HA On January 4, 2013 · Add Comment
Lana and friends
Right before Christmas, I got invited to eat lunch with my granddaughter Lana’s 2nd grade class. It’s so much fun. Below, Left to Right: Samantha (“I’m Gifted”) – Teacher says she’s the drama queen in class. Cute as a bug and ‘clowns’ just like “I Love Lucy.” A total trip. I wanted to take her [...]
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A Fresh Look at Charlotte for the New Year

By HA On December 31, 2012 · Add Comment
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Before heading out to your New Year celebrations, take a moment to look at your city through the eye of Curt Peter’s camera. He’s a photographer who can ‘click’ it at the right time. I don’t think Ansel Adams and others did it better. Our weather has been extraordinary and provided the light artists can [...]
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Holding Hands in Heaven

By HA On December 28, 2012 · Add Comment
happy old married couple
Sometimes when I go to the Harris Y to walk, I see an elderly couple strolling slowly around the cinder track. It warms my heart to see them, because not only are they exercising, they are HOLDING HANDS every step of the way. It’s so uplifting. Look at the picture and enjoy. In my wife Lucille’s book Free On [...]
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Gathering the Posse

By HA On December 12, 2012 · Add Comment
Doug and his Cake
By H.A. Thompson From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver…….The Lone Ranger rides again!!! That’s what we did. Gather the posse together (Ty Boyd, Robert D. Raiford, and HA Thompson) and rode the SUV to Denver and enjoyed a birthday lunch for Doug Mayes (WBTV, WSOC) at Stacey’s [...]
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The Second Most Memorable December 7th in History

By HA On December 11, 2012 · Add Comment
pearl harbor
Friday was Pearl Harbor Day… December 7th, 1941. The most memorable December 7th in history. The second most memorable thing that happened on December 7th occurred in 1990… when HAT was canned, booted out, finished at WBT after almost 20 years on 1110. I shut my typewriter off. Yes, typewriter. Loaded up my 5 file [...]
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20th Annual Writer’s Digest Book Awards-Results Are In!

By HA On December 4, 2012 · 1 Comment
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The results are in! My friend and publicist, Heather Head, entered my book in the Writer’s Digest 20th Annual Book Awards and…….. it didn’t win. When you start with low expectations, it’s hard to get your feelings hurt. And it sure was fun, especially when the judge’s comments came in. They had some suggestions for [...]
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2012 Beach Music Awards in North Myrtle Beach: Ticket to Paradise

By HA On November 27, 2012 · Add Comment
1. Eddie Floyd
You know I’m a beach music fan. I attended the 2012 Beach Music Awards weekend in North Myrtle Beach a couple weeks ago, and I thought I had bought a ticket to paradise. I have to tell you this story first. A few Saturday mornings ago, I played golf with a couple of guys from New [...]
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Everything Has a Shelf Life. Even Twinkies.

By HA On November 20, 2012 · Add Comment
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  Everything has a shelf life, including businesses. Hostess Bakeries is going bankrupt. They have been around forever. People loved Twinkies, Ding Dong’s, and Ho Ho’s back to my grandparent’s days, and now forever has come to an end. These products have to be at the top of the list for junk food and the [...]
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Beach Bands Draw me Like Flies to a Light Bulb

By HA On October 30, 2012 · 2 Comments
Fastastic Shakers
  I’m a North Myrtle Beach shag music fan from years ago.   Beach bands draw me like flies to a light bulb.  There’s a club here in Charlotte called “Lynn’s Dance Club” at S. Tryon and Woodlawn and they do a very good job of creating a “Fat Harold’s” in the Queen City.   [...]
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