Hello, Adventurers!
Thought you might enjoy an article written this week about an adventure I had with Paul McHugh, outdoors writer for the SF Chron, last Sunday--enjoy! Here's the link to the story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/07/17/SP250450.DTL

Technical writer? I haven't been a technical writer in 3 years. But, the other info is accurate, and hopefully interesting, drawing more to the sport! Let me know if you ever want to try it, great white sharks aside, it's fun!


Slainte,
Cork
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"Luck doesn't just happen. . ."
http://www.lifeisjusttooshort.com
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Howdy, Folks!

Sunday was a fun: a group of Nor Cal Freedivers took Paul McHugh of the SF Chron out and got some fish. The story will be in this Thursday's Sports section.

Pretty hard hunting, though, after the CenCal meet that was held at Pebble Beach on Saturday. I was only able to get a couple average-sized rockfish.

I'm waiting for the photos that were taken. But, I realized in all this research that my photos from last year were lost in non-link world. So, here's a link to see the fish brought in by the men and women competing for their respective state teams: http://www.corkgraham.com/spearfish2002.html

Look the size of the lings some of the ladies brought in! And hey, if your'e interested in getting your feet wet with us, sign up on the CenCal list link at the bottom of the spearfish2002 page.

Slainte,
Cork

Hola, amigos!


As you probably know from my homepage, I'm a fanatic outdoors enthusiast, and am even an outdoor writer. Well, this weekend, I won't be reporting but will be part of a piece that Paul McHugh, a great outdoors writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, will be doing on freedive spearfishing. So, I'll be out at Pebble Beach this weekend to hopefully get some fish for my plate, and, along with all the other much better freedivers, give him a story subject worthy of his feature!


I'll let you know how it went, next week. And shoot, might just write a piece for the outdoors section of my website.

If you're interested in getting into freediving and/or spearfishing, check out these site:

http://www.norcalskindivers.com

http://cencal.org/

http://freediver.net/freedivelist/index.html


Great groups to get started with. Also, you can check out my friend Aaron Lauers site:

http://norcalfreedive.com/catalog/default.php


Aaron's based in San Francisco.


Slainte,
Cork

From what I've learned in my research of the outrageously wealthy, having an aggressive attitude towards life is one of the most important qualities in order to attain phenomenal success in anything.

The question is when does healthy aggression, the attitude that enables you to accomplish many tasks, fast, go overboard? The answer in my FREE success newsletter, in a week or so, me thinks: http://www.lifeisjusttooshort.com/subscribe.html

Slowly I turned and realized how long it has been since I added to my weekly words--unbelievable!

What with all the success coaching, success newsletter and eproducts I've been creating and updating over the last two months--which are available at http://www.lifeisjusttooshort.com/products.html--I haven't been paying much attention to my weekly on my personal site.

Well, I promise to do something about that in the next two weeks.

Slainte,


Cork

For some it starts slow. For others there's that moment when after a week of lightning speed, clear and concise prose, that juice just dries up! You say to yourself, "What the Hell?!" I've got a deadline! I've got to get this piece out or I don't get paid. Then it REALLY happens. You can't even describe it anymore. It's this other being, a mirage shimmering just above the horizon. Yes, a mirage, but more lke a reminder that you're cornered. You have no way to go, because the shimmer on the distant horizon is now illusion to your mind. It's the Grim-Reaper, a sniper that's got you pinned! What are you going to do?

Slow down, look around, what are your avenues of escape? Do you see that boulder right over there? See the brush on your left? Feel that torn down wall in this wasteland called Writer's Block? Keep your head down, keep your head on straight. Slide, glide all the way back behind that wall that had you cornered in. Crawl to the rock and using it's shadow to cover your head, sneak a peek.

Yep, he's still there. But now you know you can take 'im! You have the control. You have the upper hand. You're in your mind and you're alright. Never let him take the field. And you know that. And now you REALLY know that.

Yep, that's right, bring it up. Line him up. See the image in your mind. Put the cross-hairs dead on accurate. Take a deep breath, touch your fingers to the keys, leaving one more obstacle in the dust. . .writer's block. . .work your imagination and you'll never let the delusion of writer's block blind you. . .

Greetings Fellow Adventurers!
Finally, after a couple years hiatus, I'm back to write personal interpretations of adventure, journalism, books and book writing, outdoors, and world events. And whenever possible, I'll make sure that you get the actual news of the moment that caused me to comment.

Good to be connecting up with you again!

Slainte!