Eric Karns

Historically, only 2 men have ever been said to have walked on water… Jesus, and St. Peter and now there is a 3rd. This man.

34 mpg suckas. Video.

I have so many memories of my grandfather Karns. Many of which had a central theme of believing in myself. Among the memories was the time my grandfather attended my baseball game when I was around 7 years old. It was the first year out of t-ball, with real pitching. I always wanted to pitch and my grandpa convinced my coach to give me the opportunity. He then took me aside and told me I was going to pitch a no hitter. I pitched every inning and struck every kid out without one hit.

Another memory from when I was around the same age, was when I was visiting my grandparents at their home on Elmhurst Street. My grandpa asked me to draw a picture of a ‘puffed wheat’, as in, the cereal. I misunderstood him and drew what I thought he asked for. It was a California Raisin looking character, with a round body, big buggy eyes and stick legs which I titled ‘Puff Tweat.’ My grandpa laughed hysterically at the misunderstanding but reassured me that my creativity was second to none. It was probably one of the first pieces of art that I ever had hung up in an art gallery - his art gallery, the refrigerator. Somehow I knew it was the beginning of my life as an artist. He told me I could sell my art someday, and guess what? To this day, I am a professional commercial artist in large part due to his confidence building.

1/31/1919 - 4/13/2007

Love you grandpa.

Mr. Raymond (Leo) Karns, age 88, of Grand Rapids, passed away Friday, April 13, 2007 at Clark Retirement Home. Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Ida (Bye) Karns; his children, Carol (Peter) Cordes of Ada, Ann (Robert) Aiken of Bethesda, MD, Elizabeth (Robert) Shea of Ivanhoe, IL, John (Consuelo) Karns of Bogota, Colombia, Mary (George) Herrity of Kalamazoo, MI, Robert (Diane) Karns of Grand Rapids; 11 grandchildren, two great grandchildren. He was the owner of Karns Electronics for 50 years. When Raymond was young the Kansas City Star labeled him “Boy Hero” for saving his mother’s life. He was an airplane pilot, radio pioneer, an inventor with two patents, he also recorded and made records. A Funeral Service will be held Monday 11:00 a.m. at Clark Retirement Community Chapel, 1551 Franklin SE. Interment Resurrection Cemetery.

The rolling stone gathers no moss. But look where it got the Rolling Stones.

I’m such a ‘24′ addict that I’ve watched the first 5 discs of Season 1 (20 episodes) in less than 3 days… and suddenly I came across this little gem of an acting performance somewhere around 20 minutes into the 18th episode.

I almost peed my pants laughing… enjoy.
(P.S. is Keifer Sutherland trying not to laugh?)

“Congratulations self.”

“Thanks self, I really appreciate you congratulating me. But what are you congratulating myself for?”

“Well, I won I*B*M’s DC Center ‘Leap’ Award which is an award given twice a year by the Center Manager for the outstanding employee of that period.”

“Wow! You should celebrate!”

“I would but it was just a trophy which isn’t redeemable as currency in which to celebrate with.”

“Is that right?”

“Yes… however the funny thing is, the last recipient did receive money with his award.”

“Interesting, so does that mean you got stiffed?”

“Why I think you might just be right about that…”