My good buddy Ethan Zohn is one of the good guys on the planet.  He won "Survivor:Africa" and spend his million dollar prize on creating a project for kids in southern Africa that combats HIV/AIDS.    He is now fighting Hodgkins and I am looking for a spirit lift.

He has been named one of GQs five finalists for men who are making a difference, and if he wins (voting ends Oct 7) he will donate his entire prize to cancer and AIDs research.   It takes 2 seconds to go to the website and vote:

www.thegentlemensfund.com/final_vote.asp

Thanks guys! 

 

my buddy Ross McCall's series CRASH premieres tonight at 10 PM.    Promised I would spread the word!

hello less than four-ers... just wanted to take a moment to publically honor all the vets in this great community. your friendship and your willingness to share your journey has been an amazing source of support and energy for the guys I work with.

Hey LT4-ers: just a quick note that the show I work on PRIVILEGED premieres tonight (Tues 9/9) on the CW at 9 PM following the new 90210 (or 8 PM in Mountain and Central I think). It's a cross between Gilmore Girls and Gossip Girl so you know what you are getting into. More viewers means more employment!

the first round of photos are back from the soldiercare weekend and are posted in the photo gallery...

Just wanted to post I just finished three days with 6 remarkable young wounded Marines and soldiers here in LA, three of them amputees. One of the Marines exemplifies what I preceive to be is wrong with the way we are supporting these guys when they come home. Cory (name changed) lost both legs in the war and for three years was bounced around from VA to VA, no one regulating his meds, pumped up with multiple drugs just to keep him quiet (Heath Ledger anyone?) from sleep meds to anxiety meds to pain meds. For three years he was absolutely in hell, floundering because his local VA lost his file or the doctor assigned him to a new doctor or they felt there was nothing they could do. He has one leg with just his knee and the other two inches from the hip -- and constant neuromas etc. His pros guy told him they couldnt make it work, and he finally said, let me make my own socket. and three years later he arrived here in LA last friday on two legs. It almost made me cry. in any event, the weekend was remarkable. we had a luncheon and most of the band of brothers cast showed up along with other actors. The Dodgers gave us a private suite and Jason Bateman came down for a half hour to hang, a private movie studio tour etc... you get the picture. and there was no press on purpose - just a chance for these guys to hang out and tell their stories, and be seen. will post some pics as soon as they are available and if anyone wants any information on the project, you can email me here. Thanks to Josh S as always for his continued support and friendship and all of you for sharing your circle with me.

hey fellow LessThanFourers: Just for fun, I work on the TV show MOONLIGHT which is up for best new drama (one of three finalists) - if you are up to it, you can vote for the show every day once until the show airs. Here is the link and thanks in advance for the support!

http://www.pcavote.com/pca/votenow.jsp

tried to mass email this to all my friends here, but it disappeared into the ether!

With most of the guys I mentor, the biggest issues are not the mobility challenges but the psychological ones.  All of them have expressed that the newness of being stared at is at the very least a bothersome daily occurence.

first off, i would like to honor the wounded vets here in tihis forum by restating that these thought are just my own and in no way are meant as the definitive "reality" of the war and