To night I was informed on my Facebook page, that Erin Moran, who played Richie Cunningham”s (Ron Howard) sister on “Happy Days”, Joanie Cunningham, and later was starred with Scott Baio on “Joanie Loves Chachi”, died tonight. Like many our our earlier TV stars, their careers start to falter, and like many of us, who run out of money and in Ms. Moran’s case, fame. It has been rumored that she had an addiction problem, and even was evicted from her Indiana trailer home. This really hit me hard, and even though I was a fan, it reminded me of another TV star from “Different Strokes”, I met her at an autograph show, and I can sensed that there was something wrong, like she just didn’t want to be part of the whole entertainment industry, she also sensed my concerned, and whispered softly to me, “I will be OK, she wasn’t OK, in due time she decided enough was enough, it was time to leave, she died from an overdose, I still wish I could of done something.

Well there is something I can do, I never knew after knowing a Chicago photographer named Richard Hertzberg for at least fifteen years, that he was a child TV star like Erin, and Dana, he was one of the neighbor kids on “My Three Sons”, named Sudsy, aka Richie Allen. Richard a a very good commercial photographer, a graduate of The Art Center of California, also had some issues that I am not at liberty to devote, he was a heavy smoker, had a heart implant but later on died from lung cancer, about two years ago I had an urge to call Richard, I knew he closed hid Chicago studio, and was able to reach out to his mother, Estele Hertzberg, a child talent scout in California, and we discussed many of the good stories we had with Richard.

Feeling remorse, and remembering that I did meet Barry and Stanley  Livingston at an autograph show, and never knew Sudsy was a photographer, what they remembered most that Stanley(Chip-“My Three Sons”) loved to play roller skate hockey around the TV sets, driving the TV crew nuts.

After my wonderful talk with Richard’s mom, she wanted to know if  I wanted any of her son’s photographs, I told her it would be a great idea to donate to Richard’s  Photography school Alma-Mata, Art Center, after we talked I made the call if they would like to have his photos, they said yes, and thanked me.

Feeling guilty for not reaching out sooner to Richard, I was very fortunate to make contact with Stanley Livingston, and we shared some great stories about Sudsy, I asked him if there is anything I can help you with please let me know, he said that I am very welcome to lend my expertise on his motion picture production company, First Team Productions www.firstteamproductions.com.  It then occurred to me, that perhaps there should be more emphasis on making new television shows that many of us loved to watched after school or after we did our homework. My first suggestion was perhaps, there might be someone who would like to produce a show like “My Three Son”, but instead called ” Those Four Daughters of Mine”, there are so many shows that I can remember, “Car 54 Where Are You?”, “Gunsmoke, or even a modern day version “This Is Your Life”, the point I am trying to make, perhaps if we can  get rid of our TV reality mentality, perhaps our former TV stars, especially for many of our hundreds of stricken actresses, and actors, who find it very hard to get back to their beloved professions, of acting and singing, they would be too busy working, and wouldn’t even think of abusing their bodies and minds with addictions, and for me I finally say thank you Erin, Dana, and especially Sudsy, for entertaining me on my Television, and it’s now my turn, to change the channels for those who need our help.

Stanley Livingston is very active with many of our past TV stars, and we discussed a project that could rival the success of “Tina and Tony’s Wedding”, If there anybody in TV land that needs to know what this idea is, please call me at 630-202-1979, or email me at [email protected].

I just read in a New York Times article, that there are those in New York, especially their Governor(Cuomo) thinks that Judith Clark who drove the get-away car in the 1981 Brink’s Armor car robbery that left one guard and two police officers dead. Serving thirty five years of her seventy five years sentence, did she and her lawyers ever think about the hardship that she and her accomplishes caused the stricken families of the law enforcement officers? It’s not exactly she was an Uber driver. Even though she did not pull the triggers that killed the officers, she could of prevented the whole robbery itself, very much like college students that could of reported what they say with the Boston Marathon bombers.

It’s a privilege, and an honor to live in the United States of America, but for an elected Governor to ever think that Judith Clark should of gotten parole, after only serving almost of her sentence, so she can enjoy a couple of decades of freedom, has me wondering that maybe President Trump  might have me wondering that maybe I might be too much on the left, oh God, did I just say that I said?

What the hell President Trump, don’t you check your information before you embarrassed the United States by telling the Premiere, not the President you call of China? I can just imagine how the people of South Korea feel about stating that their country were part of China, maybe you meant there are some pretty good Chinese restaurants in Seoul Korea, the point is that the American people have much reason to bow their heads in disgrace, and I am certainly one of them.

Your press secretary thinks that even Hitler was as bad compared to the gassing of Civilians in Syria, you don’t need to worry about global warming, or pollution in the United States, and why should you care about laying pipelines over sacred Native Americans burial lands. Doesn’t the truth matters to you? Sure we need more jobs, and it would be nice to own a cellular phone made by Americans with parts made in America but it cannot be economical. Why not, our labor is too expensive, and American cannot afford to pay $3000.00 for the phone. Both Apple and Samsung make billion of dollars because of this, and why are you not figuring this out? I will tell you why, if South Korea was once part of China as you told the world, China would be the world’s only maker of cell phones, and they would determine who will be able to own then, put restrictions on what kind of conversations that can be communicated on them, what color they will come in, and what technology would be put into the phones, you see, China will be able to bug every cell phone that either uses Chinese parts ad labor,

Maybe President Trump you gave the President of China as you refer to, a great reason to take your idea at heart, China will eventually take over both North and South Korea.

Sorry Apple and Samsung, I guess we have a president that not only jumped the gun, but gave the China Premiere every reason to make Donald Trump one of his top advisors.

As I get ready to end my day, wondering what to blog about, I started to to have one one these reality moments, my life is practically over, and did I waste it? Could I have done better? Did I select my hobby, photography as a wasteful profession, could I done better financially,  I wish I did do better financially so my wife could retire. Was I good enough son? Did I knew my dad and mom? Did I take care of my health? Did I Learn life’s lessons? Was I good friend? Did I hang to the past for too long? Was I a good relative? Did I reach out to more people? Can I accept who I am? Can I accept all of my circumstances for the life I was given? Can I stop being enviously of others? Can I accept that everyone wants to be my friend? Can I stop wanting to know what the definition of being Normal? Who saids that my relatives have to love me? Will my wife ever have reason to love me? Did I miss the chance to be a parent? Did I ever try to find out who I really was? Could I ever had a real profession? Did my life really have any meaning? Why am I always feeling sorry for myself, why me , why was I born with cerebral palsy? Do I really think that people will take me seriously? Am I am a joke? Is all my efforts worth pursuing? Should I act my age? Should I just accept the fact that I did the best I could do, no less or no more. I can go on and on, but I must realize that it’s nor normal to feel like that I feel that I am abnormal.

Wow, I needed that, I am who I am, and hopefully tomorrow I can ask myself , the same question, who am I?

I got a call today from a GoDaddy representative today asking me if there anything they can do for me. I answered, that since I am just a novice blogger, I don’t know what I can do about all the spam, junk,and comments I get on my WordPress set-up page, about a month ago a GoDaddy salesman, said it’s because I did not set up my domain name with a privacy provision, and for some eight dollar fee, it should solve the problem, well it seems every day I get so much crap from Russia, China, sex, Viagra, and how wonderful my blog is, I wish I could get one simple comment. So when I asked my GoDaddy caller about my spam problem, he said it’s not GoDaddy’s problem, it’s a WordPress issue, since GoDaddy directed me to WordPress they could help me, I am seventy years old, handicap, just want to enjoy having a blog, and maybe try to help people with my experiences, his answer was you wouldn’t take your burger to Burger King and expect them to fix it? You know what, maybe I might  take my hamburger to McDonalds, since I am a share holder for over two decades and see if they will give some extra lettuce or tomato, what do you think? This is the problem with America today, when it’s not my job, why should I do something I DON’T and WON”T do,  All I wanted him to do is perhaps research my problem, and perhaps many other bloggers who got their domain names from GoDaddy,and are having the same problem.

We wonder why there are so many successful hackers on the internet, perhaps the spammers have found a way to keep bombarding social media, that eventually someone acknowledges their comment or web site, I got some 851 spam comments, and very day it increases, I delete some a little bit at a time.

I will keep plugging away on my blog, I was going to write about President Trump’s visit to the Snap-On Tool company, but I just hate seeing all the spam and junk comments I get, won’t anyone just give me a simple comment, perhaps, maybe a little more pickles on my home-made burger?

Sorry GoDaddy I am an ass tonight, I am just frustrated, and afraid that my howiemaui.com blog just might blow up on me, if you want I will just delete this post, and see what Senator Bernie Sanders and President Trump have to say tomorrow, no matter what happens, it’s great to have friends even if they are spammers!

I always dread doing my income taxes ever year, it’s not because I think the IRS might audit me, it’s because being on a fixed income, it could put my yearly budget, I am grateful that I have a CPA doing my taxes professionally. However there has been so much clamor about President Trump releasing his tax returns, why should I really care, he is not above the law, if the IRS audits him and sys he must pay a couple of million dollars of taxes more, is it really going to matter to him, he will just get an equity loan like the rest of us, and write off the interest the following year, his family real estate holdings has been estimated at about $3B Billion dollars, (Trump Change), he certainly has no problem paying any back taxes, or it’s most likely that he could possibly deduct many business auctions, and the IRS could owe him money, screw it, let the IRS handle it.

What I am mostly concern about, does Donald Trump really wants to be our president? Does care about the problems of his fellow Americans? Most of all, is he asking us what we really need? I think this a problem that we have to day now, and with our first president, George Washington and most politicians, what do the American people want, however what we want and need are two different things. Can the country give use what we need? I doubt it, we aren’t going to get lower health care costs, because Americans don’t pay their fare share of taxes, it’s going to be tough to offer four years of college for our younger generation, and eventually something is going to tip our economy, higher taxes, higher interest rates, and another down swing to the stock market, and of course we will have to have a couple of wars to pump up our economy again. Same oh shit, nothing is going to change, less social programs and more money for defense, the rich will get richer, and the middle class, they will still be protesting about their president not releasing his tax returns. I will end this blog by saying, I think you have a lot more things to bitch about!

Today is Holy Friday, and our choir sang for the service tat lasted an hour and half, as I thought of Jesus professing that he is the “Son of God” and very willing to be sacrificed for the rest of the world to realize that the Messiah has finally come. He did not proclaim that he was ” The King of the Jew”, he certainly could off profess his wrong doings, and gone on with his wife, but instead he realize that his imminent death was going to the monumental  moment in time that the whole world would realize that God also wanted to grieve. This is happening again and again, we are having so many killings by those who want us to know that their beliefs are greater than ours.

With the recent attacks by our country on Syria and Afghanistan. President Trump is letting our enemies we are not taking any shit, we will be very forceful. In the case of North Korea, it’s evident that they want to make their present known, even if it means that their people, physical existence will be annihilated. I believe their main objective is to destroy the United States financially, a nuclear attack on South Korea and the Philippines, will have everlasting affects on the world’s economy, but also I see another player coming into this picture, I certainly don’t know who, however it will be a big surprise, and it might be the bowel movement that will be heard around the world, and the end, and I don’t me our rear end, we wish that we take  our enemies for being real threats, sorry that I have become paranoid, but it just takes that one moment in time that puts us in the toilets, with no lights, no water and electricity, and of course no toilet paper.

I was suppose to feel grateful tonight, our choir is learning to sing small excerpts of Handel Messiah, “Behold The Lamb of God”, but it seems that today was not an especially a good one, the wife of a photographer I had the honor of assisting in the 1970’s, only a year younger than, a promising artist, a marathon runner, a former model, a mom, a good wife, and yet she died of cancer, it stopped me cold, and I then realize that maybe I should stop some of my projects, The Apple Founders Museum, helping photographers with their projects, wanting to make something happen, I know I am feeling sorry for myself and should be grateful, but like so many, it seems that at the end, like is not fair.

With the events this week, bombing Syria, having a press secretary saying that Hitler this not gas his people, just the Jews, United Airlines throwing a doctor out of their plane, and today we used our largest non-nuclear bomb on ISIS, it scares me that at any time either our government or an un-extpecting enemy will try or will destroy our country, maybe a cyber attack, everyone’s accounts will be hacked, stock market will then crash, maybe an attack on our electric grids, no electricity, medical epidemics, or just another White House Surprise, we are going to a bigger War again, World War III, more defense spending, more enlisted men and women,  and more rebuilding of our country. Hey isn’t this what the world is about? It’s them against the US.

Sorry Jesus, I certainly prayed and sang my heart out tonight, but I just could not get a Handel on it, and maybe I am waiting for another Messiah. Happy Easter and Passover to everyone.

Maybe I am reaching senility, has not been a good week for me or the country, how ‘s in God’s name could President Trump’s press secretary, say that “Hitler didn’t even sink using chemical weapons.” Well Sean he did, gassed up millions of Jews, a little more than what Assad did to his own Syrian people. How disgraceful can it get in this country, you would think President Trump would call for his resignation? How can you say POTUS45, that you are a friend of Israel, and tolerate such behavior. Can’t you speak up and distinguish what is morally right, and did you think that United Airlines acted in their decision to rough up an American doctor?

I never thought the day would come that I would spend half my day bitching and complaining, I am the same age as you President Trump, can you give me somethings to be happy about?

Maybe I am asking too much, can you higher some history tutors to teach some facts and sensitivity for your staff. You start out by saying, Hitler was a bad boy that kill only six million Jews, not as bad what happened in Syria.

———————–to be continued—————-

All day, I could not get it out of my mind what happened to the defenseless passenger that was dragged of United Airlines flight going to Kentucky. Not only was the passenger roughed by the police, but I beth there we many passengers who probably starting to have panic attacks. I kept thinking of the recent police brutal;it across America, and also the insensitivity of our present administration about letting Muslims entering the United States, but as I searched on Twitter today, you would think that President Trump could at least step up to the plate, and in “Plane” English say something about what happened, or perhaps being an owner of his own airlines, that it was justifiable, United Airlines makes the rules, and they can use brute force to remove a passenger off their plane, whether he is a doctor or a ninety year old grand parent, “tough shit”, we need your seat and that’s it. No apology from the CEO can get rid of the Black Eye that it inflicted not only for Chicago, but to our country that President wants to be great a again.

What United Airlines, show;d never-ever happen again, they are a multi-billion dollar corporation, that certainly could of used either one of it’s private jet, or an affiliation to accommodate their over booked flight. On the other side, I would be pissed off if I had to find another flight, I certainly would not risk the physical well being, and find myself injured so badly, that I might had received a brain injury or a broken leg.

Whatever the case is, I think that many people are just pissed off with the leadership that is running the country, they are sick of hearing about walls, no solution for affordable health care and education, and now, it’s my way or the skyway when you fly United Airlines, in any case you showed us that it’s no longer what was once a Chicago Jewel, and of course there are no longer any more “Friendly Skies”.