tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:36:40 +0000For Writers1989Bob Dotson.Bob JamiesonCentral America WarEl SalvadorLoma PrietaOct. 17October 17San Francisco earthquakeTom Brokawearthquake#1 NYT and Amazon Best Selling author, former paramilitary operations officer, combat photographer, Captain Kidd treasure hunter, and teen Vietnam political prisoner.http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (CORK GRAHAM)Blogger40125en-usnoCopyright 1994writing,travel,adventure,military,PTSD,outdoors,film,directing,treasure,captain,kidd,vietnam,war,southeast,asia,hunting,fishing,combat,photographyThe CORK BLOG For Writers, Entrepreneurs, Negotiators, Best-selling Authors-in-Training, World Travelers, Adventurers...anyone who feels that life is worth enjoying to its fullest! Author and Screenwriter Cork Graham's Central BlogCork Grahamcork@corkincombat.comCork Grahamtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-1726708372883928780Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:59:00 +00002013-04-05T11:35:47.407-07:00 Nineteen-year-old Cork Graham on his Vietnam political prison freedom day May 18, 1984 ( AP/Wide World)   Fear! I didn’t mention it in my last post, but that was one of the major qualities of my relationship with SuzyQ, fear and how that fear expressed itself in a hard to ignore insecurity: never ceases to amaze me how self-destructive fear and the resulting insecurity can be. See, http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2013/03/all-we-have-to-fear-is.html1cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-6629729003303803945Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:16:00 +00002013-04-17T06:57:44.206-07:00Two minutes had passed since I’d made the hurried 911 call. My father lay flat on his back from when he collapsed, his large belly still and unmoving. I took a deep breath and pressed my mouth to his, and blew as hard as I could, trying to keep the life giving breath from escaping our lips. By the time a police officer in the area arrived to take over, my father was dead as best as I could tell. http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2013/02/sex-death-love-and-other-lessons-from.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-5397050496758601745Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:33:00 +00002012-03-15T12:09:59.523-07:00Frederick A. “Fred” Graham passed away at his home on February 16, 2012. Born on September 8, 1930 and raised during his teenage years in Spokane, Washington, he was an avid wrestler at John R. Rogers H.S. He tried his skills in the professional ring upon his graduation from high school in 1948 and soon got his wake up call that there were better forms of employment, when he was thrown into the http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-dadrip.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-1553862831714768071Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:16:00 +00002011-06-20T21:00:26.428-07:00For Writers  Dinner with one of the nicest bestselling authors in the world: Joe Galloway. It doesn't take surviving the Ia Drang Valley to be polite these days...or, does it?   What is it with some bestselling authors? You put down your hard-earned money. You really enjoyed their book. You took time out from your life to share with the author your joy, how the book touched you, that http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2011/06/just-little-bit-of-politeness-and-self.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-8082352190532273912Mon, 02 May 2011 19:49:00 +00002011-06-13T19:29:47.338-07:00For WritersWell, we've been away from Blogger.com, since they no longer let us control our ads. But, now with the new format, we'll give it a try again. Been heavily on articles at http://www.corksoutdoors.com/ and http://www.globalcounteterror.com/ And real news is that a new 2n Edition of Bamboo Chest is now available on Amazon Kindle! Yep, that might be what save book publishing and I'm working on http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-2nd-edition-of-bamboo-chest-return.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-7698543881575036265Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:51:00 +00002010-04-28T23:51:22.708-07:00Blogger has decided to stop supporting FTP capability for bloggers to post columns to blogger scripts and directories residing locally at non-Blogger servers, i.e. http://www.corkgraham.com/. So, I will be starting a new blog to continue the Cork Blog, it just will be on wordpress locally at http://www.corkgraham.com/ . If you've come to this page, which will be the last post on the Blogger http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2010/04/no-more-bloggerso.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-2048014972833643564Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:37:00 +00002009-10-16T20:42:02.116-07:001989Bob Dotson.Bob JamiesonCentral America WarearthquakeEl SalvadorLoma PrietaOct. 17October 17San Francisco earthquakeTom BrokawThe day had been warm and it was October, known as earthquake season. Other than that, there wasn’t much to think about than the sun was bright and I would be afforded a nice motorcycle ride on a pleasant day. There wasn’t anything to indicate this would be one of the worst afternoons in San Francisco history.At 5:04 p.m. I was on my motorcycle having just left Bair Island Storage on the east http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2009/10/where-were-you-during-loma-prieta-oct.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-9043060922186955471Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:23:00 +00002011-06-13T19:30:15.251-07:00For Writers If there’s one thing that I can delight in living the life I’ve lived is that I’ve had the opportunity to meeting some very interesting people, not the least of whom are those I consider friends, such Col. John H. Roush, Jr. (RET). A fellow outdoor writer with a past military life, Roush has lived and traveled in a number of countries and through a number of times that I have found most http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2009/06/memories-of-interesting-life.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-8614054324570180921Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:48:00 +00002008-01-15T17:31:10.536-08:00I'm going to let you in on a secret....I speak six languages, well enough to get by in a professional environment. I'm fluent in three of them...and with a little work, I can add a fourth to the same level of fluency (when I use the word fluency, I take the meaning a little further...all the way up to having no foreign accent when speaking). One of them is Spanish of course, and since I was http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2008/01/corks-crash-course-in-foreign-languages.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-6000654250160017647Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:09:00 +00002007-12-17T15:33:43.110-08:00So what's so important about a bowl of Pho? Well, this bowl, properly pronounced, "fuh" is what drove me mad almost every time I tried to get a ration of it in Korea. Why, because in Korea, all food is Korean: Italian, Thai, Vietnam...it's all a Korean version of it's real self.This is what happens in a country that has such a strong history and reputation for xenophobia. At first it's kind of http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2007/12/whats-in-bowl.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-6284271356350561002Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:09:00 +00002008-01-22T15:15:17.569-08:00Well, it's late. I just had dinner with my buddy, Joe McPherson of http://www.zenkimchi.com/ fame and new visitor from the New York Times, travel writer and culinary adventurer, Matt Gross...I'll let you get the full gist of that story in the installment to be done by him for the NYT.As for me, I'm on a plane to San Francisco on Wednesday. It has been almost a year. Many thought I'd be back in http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2007/12/if-youre-going-to-san-franciscoremember.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-5426359216884037193Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:13:00 +00002007-08-16T19:18:13.655-07:00Well, here I am in South Korea, otherwise known as the ROK, learning the language and the culture. Let me tell you it has been a real eye-0pener into many things, least of which is using Blogger.com/Google.com. Did you know that if you have an Internet connection here, eventhough you're set for English, you get Hangul, or Korean script?So what am I doing here?Getting my film writing and directinghttp://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2007/08/lesson-in-hangul_16.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-7477121204122979416Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:11:00 +00002011-06-13T19:30:42.726-07:00For WritersMuch ado! If you're in San Francisco at 7 p.m, Come on down to the Union Square flagship of Borders Stores. I'll be doing a presentation and book signing. This will be my last book signing for Bamboo Chest and for a while in the US as I'm headed to South Korea! http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2007/03/are-you-in-san-francisco-on-march-8th.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-114592446641514557Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:21:00 +00002006-04-24T17:23:33.270-07:00You always hear that you need to reach people on as many levels as you possibly can…so, I’ve added audio to my website to better communicate beyond just the written word and images.By going to my homepage at corkgraham.com you’ll be able to listen me to tell you about all my websites and specials! All you have to do is click the play button. And, when you sign up for the FREE STUFF, you’ll be http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2006/04/more-audial-than-visual.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-114364609670196485Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:25:00 +00002006-03-29T07:30:41.186-08:00Greetings!Been mad at work marketing my photos of the 'ole' days, and just wanted to make sure you had a chance to take a look at them before my next post. They're residing here: www.corkincombat.comChat with you in a few days!Slainte,Corkhttp://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2006/03/corks-photo-gallery-is-up-up-and-away.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-113883233107323018Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:18:00 +00002006-02-01T14:52:55.613-08:00How often have you been cheated of SOMETHING GRAND or someone you really wanted just because you turned tail and ran...…changing your mind, convincing yourself that you really didn’t want it, that dream, in the first place?Everyday I meet people going through their day:looking at those with whom they want to be…daydreaming about that new job…wishing on that new home…visualizing on that vacation…http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2006/02/cowardice-be-damned.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-113679524082144164Mon, 09 Jan 2006 08:27:00 +00002006-01-10T16:35:51.066-08:00Wow! So many e-mails wanting to know why I had a taken such a hiatus and when would I return to fill them in on what I promised last….You never know how much you’re missed until you disappear for a while! :)Well, for those of you who were paying attention: the book signing in DC with Joe Galloway was fantastic—we garnered $10,000 in donations for Viet-American survivors of Katrina and a new http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2006/01/who-else-wants-more-money-from-writing.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-112984975634473620Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:09:00 +00002005-10-22T11:50:44.010-07:00In a moment I’ll continue our talk on why force, anger, and hard-handed efforts at manipulation, i.e. torture, are not only are ineffective, but can remove any chance of later getting information, confessions (GITMO?), or why hard-handed persuasion tactics in sales are tactics of the amateur…when done correctly a successful agreement occurs because of a collection of events that lead up to the http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2005/10/persuasion-equation-master-part-ii.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-112951766810620966Mon, 17 Oct 2005 02:54:00 +00002005-10-17T18:10:44.760-07:00Flashback Central last week: I get an e-mail from my friend, fellow journalist and author, Zalin Grant (If you were in Saigon during the Tet Offensive of 1968, you’ll recognize the name). Anyway, Zalin had read my first memoir a while ago, and wanted to know what I thought about Bush preparing to veto Sen. John McCain’s torture amendment. Within that same week I was watching a re-run of Oliver http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2005/10/persuasion-equation-master-part-1.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-112935300309205158Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:10:00 +00002005-10-15T11:02:18.116-07:00In a moment I’m going to show you not only how you can make a very important decision about your family history, but also let you in on something that not only will turn a bad meal into a good one, but a good meal into the best!Imagine my surprise when the only time in years that I’ve pulled out the old Thomson family tree was also the week I met a woman from the actual Scottish town that one http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2005/10/wee-bit-o-ol-country.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-112905512413456376Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:25:00 +00002005-10-11T17:14:36.840-07:00I like to see how the rich and famous are interpreted by Hollywood and the E! Channel, so I when I’m burnt after a long day of writing a new book or script, or sales copy that just has to get out to the client in time, I’ll lay back on the sofa and watch what they’ve got…That’s when I was hit by this show called “Filthy Rich”…and I thought TV had reached rock-bottom when TV shows redirected theirhttp://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2005/10/ashamed-to-be-ecuadorian-because-of.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-112861583544183132Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:15:00 +00002005-10-10T15:32:47.080-07:00What is it with "The Game"? It's this new phenomenon that has come up in the last five to ten years...where guys go out "sarging" for women. For those unaware of this you can get hint as to what's out there by reading this book: The Game by Neil StraussA bunch of nerds and computer geeks turn themselves into masters of seducing women. Very controversial don't you think? And then I have to ask http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-to-seduce-any-woman-anywhere.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-112855410927493599Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:11:00 +00002011-06-13T19:32:23.924-07:00For WritersWell, it's good to know that people are actually doing searches under their names to find out what's been written. Here's an e-mail that my friend and ex-POW/MIA Division debriefer Bob Destatte asked I post to clarify a post from July awhile back: "Please permit me to take this opportunity to respond to a note you posted on your BLOG back in July 2003 (see copy below). I serendipitously ran http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2005/10/ex-investigator-for-powmia-div-of.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-110735951944427046Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:49:00 +00002005-10-10T15:25:44.750-07:00Radio interviews are fun! When given a choice I always prefer to come into the studio:http://kfog.com/MorningShow/default.aspKNBR actually has a link to our recording which was on the 1st:http://www.knbr.com/morningshow/Just right click on my name, then "save as" and play from your computer.http://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2005/02/cork-graham-on-san-franciscos-kfog-and.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262933.post-109822850637782156Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:23:00 +00002005-10-10T15:24:43.440-07:00Dear Faithful Reader,Thank you for all your book purchase support!LINK: The BAMBOO CHESTThere's a lot to be said about grass-roots marketingHave you seen "The Bamboo Chest" at Amazon.com? In the TOP 100 SELLERS at Amazon.com and rising!! Who says you have get picked up by Random House or Viking to get anywhere in the publishing world?? Power to the PEOPLE!Slainte,Corkhttp://corkgraham.blogspot.com/2004/10/grass-roots-marketing-turns-bamboo.html0cork@corkincombat.com (Cork Graham)