I began compiling my bucket list long before there was such a thing. However, only three things were on it: my living in California, cutting a record, and vacationing in Hawaii.

Eventually, I realized them all when I released my first record in 1965, vacationed in Hawaii in 1974, and moved to California in 1981.
Moving to San Diego was a dream come true, and the best part was celebrating my fortieth birthday with a bunch of friends in the Polo Lounge at the Beverley Hills Hotel. Hey, it don’t get much more California than that.

Since then, I’ve added and completed a ton of bucket list items, such as riding the Orient Express, running a marathon, traveling all over the world, skiing at the best Mountains in North America, and traveling by train all over the US and Canada.

Surprisingly, my biggest and best events weren’t even on my bucket list.
The births of my Daughter Candis, my Son Curtis, my Daughter Camera, and my Grandson Nathaniel. Color me a very lucky man.
(On top, Candis and me, next, Curtis and me, and then Nathaniel, me, and Cami.)

COMMENTS

@NickAlexander: The thing that Trump doesn’t get is that they hate him more than his policies. Yep!!!!!!! (3/19/24)
Geo: Even though most of the press Trump gets is usually bad, all he cares about is that they spell his name right, and they do.

@CatSimon: Geo, I’m enjoying the daily one-liners. Hope you never stop. (3/19/24.)
Geo: Thanks, Cat; there’s no end in sight so far.

@ChuckKnapp: Great job, Reg. Radio was Facebook before FB.  Live and local. We were in the right place at the right time and made millions for owners who understood radio’s strength. Men like the ones you highlighted in the video knew how all the pieces fit together. (Geo’s Daily Liners)
Geo: Chuck, I remember the day Reg told me that his favorite jock was Chuck Knapp, who was on WLS. I said, “You know him; he was at our cabin on Gull Lake, along with Daryl ‘B’ and Chuck Riley, trying to water ski.” Reg exclaimed, “That’s the same guy?”.

@JamesDuval: The arrogance of the French, as late as the DE Gaulle era while Algeria was still a French colony, has come back to haunt them. If the French had simply allowed the Algerian people to become an independent country with French support and alliances, I do not know if the migration of Arabians would have been as strong as it is today; however, because of birth rate demographics, all of Europe is experiencing an influx of Arab and African people. (2/26/24)
Geo: Yep, Jed, sometimes imagining us all living together in perfect harmony is just a pipe dream.