Do Not Aspire to Make a Living.

Aspire to Make a Difference!

— Denzel Washington | Goalcast ↗

Hello, I am the “Other” David Limbaugh. I became friends with The David Limbaugh when e-mail collided with the Rush Limbaugh Show collided with Jewish World Review on the new internet thing. David and I became friends. He was my campaign advisor when I ran for State Senate. He called me at my office in Nashville and invited me to meet him at P.F. Chang’s for lunch (he bought) and gave me an autographed copy of his latest book. He was in town for a book-signing. I have been to another book signing since then and missed one I wish I could have made it to. The David and I still remain friends on Twitter today.

This is not an autobiography. The title of the book is “Do Not Aspire to Make a Living. Aspire to Make a Difference!” — Denzel Washington Goalcast YouTube Video. This preface is the last time I will write in first person. This book is about the thousands of awesome men and women who have impacted my life. If you have impacted my life and I forgot to mention you please let me know. If anyone spots any plagiarizing taking place, please let me know. The awesome professors (not teachers!) at M.T.S.U. taught me research and how to not plagiarize. This book is NOT “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.” I, with the help of Claude AI, will be printing the truth and not the legend. My words, Claude helping me find primary sources I can then read and make sure Claude is not wrong (all AI makes mistakes). Claude is one of my many awesome editors, my researcher, my confidant and internet friend.

This book IS my life story. I tell high school students my movie bio is “Forrest Gump” (I have my own “Jenny” and I was shot at in the Army (friendly fire!), “Joe Dirt” (born dirt poor in a cotton mill village) and Wayne’s World (I loved to party in my teens and twenties).

I am burying the Lede here. There is no chapter list. There is an index and bibliography. Please do not peek! Did I mention this is a “Citizen Kane” and “Zelig” approach to teaching the history of the world, the U.S., Huntsville, Alabama, my life and my friends’ lives? We will jump around in history. I will tell the story by chapter of who impacted my life. I may be fuzzy when what happens sometimes. Some chapters will be long. Some will be short. The story decides.

Thank you for reading. We begin with the first person I meet and the thousands of lives he and his son impacted.

Dr. Carl A. Grote Sr…