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February 25, 2005

I cannot help it, but who knew it would be going so well? In less than three months my message board has officially crossed 30,000 posts and people there are winning free product for helping us reach the milestone... THANK YOU! While we have over 300 members and that doesn't seem like a lot, we have been learning as we go along and made mistakes that deleted over 100 accounts (it will never happen again, I promise), so we would have over 400 accounts if it weren't for our blunder! The thing is, the only plug this board gets happens to be right here, so "400" members isn't bad if you ask me, and ALL of them are posting... Ok, come join the site and introduce yourself to everyone (you have 24 hours to join in or be deleted, no lurkers allowed): CLICK HERE

AND... Before I forget... Asia is experiencing contractions galore! Any day! Apparently ahead of schedule but that is fine by us. Hey, do you want to see the World's Most Beautiful Woman... Pregnant... Be aware, there is a little booby showing here, do not peek if you are easily offended by a glowing, half naked, woman... CLICK HERE

February 18, 2005

On top of everything else, I am putting together my All-New magazine for the news stands... The websites that support it are currently featuring a "Best Of" all our old articles and interviews... To refresh you, I put together a magazine a few years ago called, "You Gotta Read This," and it was such a success that not only did it reach #1 for Entertainment News Magazine on most search engines, but it saw itself in print 16 times over the next 4 years. After moving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles I planned to do a new edition but met my wife, fell in love, and put it off... And put it off... And put it off... Until now. Back in the States, it is time! The first issue will be a special issue because we not only changed the title to PIZZAZZ Magazine (CLICK HERE) but it features mostly submissions from my message board members (CLICK HERE)! We are following the same format: No ads, all content and FREE wherever it is carried... Coming Soon...

Enjoy some free recipes I whipped up for you:

~ Barbecued Chicken ~

5 boned and skinned chicken breast halves -- (5 to 6)
1 small onion -- chopped
1 can tomato paste -- (6 oz.)
1 large clove garlic -- minced
2 tablespoon Worchester sauce
2 tablespoon vinegar -- I use cider
1/4 cup pickle relish
1/4 cup red wine -- or white
1 teaspoon salt
1 tsp. dry mustard

Mix all sauce ingredients. Pour over chicken breasts in crock pot. Cook at low for 5-6 hours.

~ Low-Fat Wild Rice ~

14 1/2 ounces vegetable broth, or fat-free chicken broth
1 cup water
1/2 cup wild rice
1/2 cup white rice
1 1/2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
1 clove garlic -- minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pinch saffron
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons lemon zest
1 strips lemon zest
flat-leaf Italian parsley sprigs

1. In medium saucepan bring chicken broth and water to boil over medium heat. Add wild rice. Simmer, covered, over low heat for 25 minutes.
2. Uncover. Add white rice, mushrooms, garlic, salt, and saffron. Bring to boil again. Cover. Simmer 20 minutes or until rice is tender and most of liquid is absorbed.
3. Remove from heat. Stir in green onion and parsley. Cover and let stand 10 minutes. Just before serving, stir in lemon zest. Garnish with strips of lemon zest and sprigs of parsley.

February 11, 2005

I have been getting emails reminding me that I am getting lazy in my old age. Apparently you take notice when I fail to send out my monthly newsletter on time. Folks, I am trying to keep up, I swear! But if you remember, I mentioned previously that I probably would be dropping my monthly mailings. Too many people are losing mail through faulty spam filters and others are failing to let us know if their email addresses have changed. Imagine sending out 400,000 emails and getting 100,000 notifications of bounced accounts! Talk about a server nightmare! OK, here is news and/or an announcement for those of you wanting to strut your results off...

Listen up, my loyal subscribers, and loyal readers (wink), I want you to enter one of the contests posted on the following site... If you place in the Top 5 of any division, I will personally award you with a full year supply of supplements courtesy of Don Lemmon's KNOW HOW. And all you need to do to qualify for this prize is to get yourself on my 30 Day Starter Kit. No kidding, that is all. But if you really want to do well, at least pick up a copy of my "Book Two" because it contains the exact diet all my competitors start off with (that means there is no need to hire a dime store trainer who doesn't even look the part to get you ready)... Well... Are you ready? Check out the events HERE and get your goodies HERE

You know what? I will tell you "what" - If you merely enter the show and are a previous customer of mine, I will send you a month supply of goodies for sending me photographic proof that you are representing the KNOW HOW. How is that for support?

February 4, 2005

Unfortunately, I have caught wind of news that may affect my herbs and glands (two products I carry exclusive blends of). According to sources on the inside that have been where they are for over 50 years, the Ultimate Herbal Formula and Glandular Complex could fall victim to some FDA changes come August 1, 2005. This is not a scheme to sell product that is seeing it's last few months of availability, and it is more than a rumor despite the details changing daily (more will come as I uncover it)... Word on the street is that American, European and Japanese companies and lobbyists have sued not only their own governments but various pharmaceutical corporations for the right to keep the bills killing the industry one item at a time from passing legislature. The truth is, despite the hype, the paperwork hasn't made it to high enough levels in Congress but it will if the lawsuits fail. Big Brother be damned!

AND NOW LET US STEP BACK...
TO A TIME ONE YEAR AGO....

FEBRUARY 28th, 2004

Something from the dinner the other night... There was an older couple next to Asia and I debating with the waiter over maintaining a healthy vegetarian meal. The wife wanted to know what a carb-less burger was... The husband insisted his stir fry use vegetable oil and no oyster sauce (as it is an animal he stated) nor soy as soy is a protein which I suppose made it an animal in their eyes too... However, she buttered her bread real nice, handed him a piece and when the black bean soup came, that had sour cream... Animal foods... Oh boy, he went ape on them... And when the stir fry arrived, you bet, he was ready to rip out a throat or two and asked again, "No soy sauce or oysters, right son?" Isn't it amazing how little people actually know about the diets they are trying to keep? I understand how confusing it is with all the media pushing and pulling us around but still, to be so sure and yet unsure to a point not only is the waiter but the couple eating with you uncomfortable... Maybe I should have given them my card.

FEBRUARY 21st, 2004

I have been getting slammed over the email because I forgot to post this for you last month so here goes... Here was my typical Hawaiian day while on vacation... I woke up, poured a tall mug of this new coffee alternative I am trying that tastes just like coffee, has zero caffeine, but contains a whopping 40 grams of protein and 12 grams of fiber! You can NOT tell the difference if you like Starbucks, which I do not... Either way... Add a little cream and I was as ready as ever for either a brisk walk or a Bodylastics workout to get my joints popping, bones cracking, muscles moving, heart beating and head refreshed before Asia was up.... After the session I took my tupperware container that I had just bought, filled with fresh oats, and headed to the complimentary cafe in the resort lobby. That is where I could add piping hot water normally used for tea, cinnamon, ginger and some of their freshly sliced fruit... 5 minutes later after the oats absorbed the water... Heaven... You can also make hot water in a coffee maker if you want to stay in the room with yours... My machine still had the protein stuff in it for later....

Mid morning, after reading the paper until around 11:30 am I headed to my room. Asia's one condition was that I let her sleep as much as she likes on this trip and so I obliged. While she got dressed, I had cottage cheese and Lemmon's Oil in the same Tupperware container (after washing it of course) and then another glass of protein coffee... Once dressed, I would watch my wife eat her breakfast and then we would head out to either the beach (literally 50 feet from our patio), looking for fish, sea turtles, seals, dolphins, whales, crabs, etc, or wading through water so clear you can see your toes when you are up to your neck in it. What a life! But by 3 PM Snack time!

By this point in the day I wanted meat so bad I ordered chicken wings. They may as well been called "legs" because they were so big and tasty... And the dip for my celery... I got little chunks of Bleu Cheese in it and looked forward to this side treat almost as much as the wings themselves every afternoon... Once done, we either laid out in the sun or sat in the shade reading books for a few hours until dinner... I finished 2 books this week by the way... The Da Vinci Code (holy smokes, how fantastic, what a great read) and the Frank Sinatra biography "His Way" written by Kitty Kelley (don't bother, the lady is a tramp)... Nibbling on organic pretzels and fresh fruit while sitting in that ocean breeze... Reading... Aaaah... Paradise...

Dinner, normally at 7 PM, was always different.... And incredible... The hotel treated us to something fancy every night... Usually private as well. One night they sent a meal to our room, the next we had a special Japanese (traditional) arrangement at their restaurant.... I of course loved the seafood buffet (lobster claws, more sushi another night, salmon again....), but the fresh pork... prime rib... steak... chicken... vegetables... All oh so amazing... Asia is certain they will stop serving buffets there because of me.... I am sure we all realize that while traveling a good "sit down" meal once a day can be real treats and I wasn't missing a bite! Walking them off under the moonlight with the woman you love ain't so bad either!

There is more, sometime around mid-evening we would get a drink, cozy up on the beach again watching DVD's on my laptop computer (I watch The Christmas That Almost Wasn't every year, it's a kids movie, and Asia humored me through it the one night... Another night we watched the Hulk, which is the worst film of 2003, Ang Lee is a jackass for what he did to that movie, it's even worse than the Matrix sequels)... And before bed, after the DVD's, we ate cheese together which I washed down with a protein drink...

I was typically in bed around midnight... Asia, well, she is a gambling addict... She would be up til 4 am gambling online (hence the need to sleep in each day, laughs)....

Happy Valentine's Day everyone... I took Asia to eat overlooking the ocean in Malibu last night. She has her last photo shoot scheduled before we move to Hawaii on Sunday and didn't want to feel bloated the day before... So we ate a day early. Believe it or not, we did not eat bad, I rarely do, and what example do I set breaking my own rules? We both had a fat grilled sirloin burger topped with Bleu cheese and wrapped in portabella mushroom instead of a bun. This delight was served up on a bed of spring greens and sliced cherry tomatoes. Simply wonderful. Of course, looking across the table at the girl of my dreams never hurt a thing either... Since I am a pig, I also had a cup of coffee with a lot of cream and a tuna sashimi salad... Thumbs up to Sunset Restaurant in Malibu (the waiters of course couldn't resist trying to make conversation with my well known bride while I was in the restroom, but I don't blame them, the sneaky suckers)...

Has this supposed worldwide virus issue bogged down anyone else's email accounts all week? How I managed to update my sites, I will never know, it's just a blur... Asia and I were supposed to go to an official Academy Awards voter screening of the new Lord Of The Rings Saturday but we slept in, that's how tired we are from planning our move to Hawaii. To think we will be surfside next month... WOW. I am at least hoping I get to introduce all of my website plans to you before we leave. Sorry, but I am not planning on doing that any sooner than I am satisfied having things overhauled properly! Presentation is everything. Speaking of satisfaction...

In February, 4 years ago, yes, as far back as 2000, I was given an unexpected call by a friend of mine who was coordinating stunts for some film just outside of L.A. at around 11:00 pm. This was the same month I was working with Billy Blanks for the Star Wars gig if you remember that far back... Anyhow, my friend simply "called to see" if I wanted a small role in a movie because they needed an extra body and he thought I would like it... "Why would I like being an extra?" I asked... "You will like this, Don..." he proceeded to tell me, "Its not just extra work, you will be the only white guy in the entire film! It's going to be called Dolomite 2000!"

OK, this sounds crazy being a white boy from Ohio and all, but I love those old blaxploitation movies so I jumped on it and drove straight to Watts (yes, THAT Watts) in my Mercedes (was I looking for trouble?)... And there I was with bells on by midnight getting beat up by none other than Rudy Ray Moore's army of female bodyguards until 3:00 in the morning... Talk about a riot! It was a laughing riot!

Was it my big break? No, laughs, I have rarely considered taking up legitimate offers for acting despite many of my closest friends being in the industry (Cody Banks ring a bell anyone?)... In this case... I couldn't resist doing a friend a favor... I would be the green thumb and that's great!

Justification aside , I have just heard through the grapevine that the film is finally being released under the title of "The Return Of Dolomite" so you can see me getting goofy and down with my bad self for what is probably only a few minutes... But the novelty that it is 'me' was worth the humiliation as far as I am concerned! When will it release? Who knows. SOON they are saying...

The 4 year delay? Supposedly Rudy wanted the final 7 minutes redone last month. Considering how old the dude is, I can't imagine the footage will mesh with him as he's aged so much more... Then again, considering it was probably only a $50.00 budget when it first shot to begin with, what difference does it make? Word... Word to someone's mother...

FEBRUARY 1st, 2004

Laugh if you like but I did not realize the Super Bowl was today until our cat's vet asked me about it when I had them in for shots to move to Hawaii. "Who are you rooting for?" Eh? Who is playing? The game hadn't begun, "Oh, I see," he said as I looked around feeling like I am the only person alive missing this game.... I looked it up on Yahoo when I got home and saw New England was in it... And someone else... Asia asked me, "who else" and I replied, "some other team, I haven't gotten that far in the news. I found something on baseball I am reading first." She laughed and wanted to know who was winning at least so I pretended to look and said, "One of the two teams...." You see, I enjoy sports as much as any sane American but I can't think of too many areas of professional leagues of sports I enjoy today like I did 5, 10, or 20 years ago. I am sure that somewhere out there still exists 'baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet' even though it isn't as obvious. I say we can bring it all back and I might take notice again. When did Carolina get a football team anyhow? OK, I just went to Yahoo for the news for real this time... What is this crap about Janet Jackson showing her boobie? They must be desperate for ratings and attention... I am apparently not alone in passing over today's games. She should have showed it 12 years ago when anyone still wanted to see it... Do you remember the good old days when athletes would smile for their pictures? now everyone wants to look "street" including that poser Justin Timblerlake... He is probably a good kid but gangland character he is not.

And here are some tid bits from years gone by...

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