LATEST BLOG FROM ROB VAN DAM

Greetings everybody! I hope everyone is enjoying the weather as much as we are here in Cali! It's been gorgeous!

 Sonya is doing great. She's just about half way through with the treatments and, as you can imagine, we are both very anxious for her to be finished! She felt so good that we went to Las Vegas to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary this week. In case you don't know Sonya and myself, let me assure you that we are the happiest couple you would know. Ten years ago I predicted that we could be this happy and I know that it will be the same in another 10 years. By the way, anyone going to Sin City should plan on checking out my friend GerryMcCambridge at Hooter's Casino. He is the mentalist, and his show is phenomenal! We are still amazed at what we experienced during his show- even though we've seen him before- and we decided this will be a tradition every time we're there. You're learning how much I am into synchronicities, and this guy takes it to a whole new level! I'll be watching the new television series titled The Mentalist" because it's actually based on Gerry! How cool is that?

 While in Vegas, we also stopped in and checked out the Bodies exhibition. Yes, you are looking at real human bodies sliced open every which way for you to see- from the insides out, but it's not that gross, and it's extremely educational. Did you know that every drop of blood in your body passes through your heart once every minute? Did you know that while adults have 206 bones, babies have 300?

Here's something I want everyone to read. You've heard of stem cell research, right?

A stem cell can become any kind of cell and therefore, we can replace body parts, fix diseased organs and even alter glitches in genetic codes. Do you know why many, if not most of the stem cell research haters are so against us utilizing it? Because they are misinformed and mistakenly believe that you have to abort an infant to get the stem cells. This is absolutely not true. I've know this for some time and have had arguments with nay-sayers about it, but the truth is that we should be utilizing the ability to take care of our kind in this fashion. The stem cells can come from a few places, but there is no harm done to anyone to obtain them. Not researching this is counter-productive to our survival.

 So, the government is trying to put cloned animals on the approved list of grocery products. Do you want to eat cloned chickens? I understand that a lot of people are not found of having it sneaked into their diets, but you have to just-for one second- think of all the starving communities around the world. I bet we wouldn't find too many under-privileged third world countries turning down a chance to grub on some McClone burgers if we offered it. It's worth looking into, isn't it? 

 I'd much rather they put energy into that rather than trying to destroy our universe. Have you been keeping up with these fuckers in Switzerland that have the world's biggest atom smasher? They want to conduct an "experiment" whereby they crash two protons( hey, is whereby a real word? Hmmm.) into each other in an attempt to recreate the Big Bang experience, in hopes of learning more about how we came into existence. The downside, as they fear, is that it could create a black hole that could SUCK IN THE FUCKING PLANET THAT WE LIVE ON! First off, if that did happen, I doubt it would stop t here and second-what if it does work? Where the fuck are you going to put another universe? Haven't they ever heard that two masses can't take up the same space at the same time? Somebody please tell them, because they're trying to do this very soon, as in the next few months! They had some giant gasket blow this week, which I hope slows the process down. I am extremely interested in our creation but I don't think recreating the Big Bang is the way to do it. 

  OK, just to inspire some thought to you-I'll share this. The Big Bang theory never has made sense to me, and I don't think that I am an advanced form of a single cell. Well, other than the first ten hours or so after conception- in which we are all single cells-thank Bodies! Yes, that makes me a creationist, rather than an evolutionist, if you want to use labels. Before you hit me with "But Rob, there's proof of human beings from 100,000 years ago", I don't buy that either. However, if you want to ridicule my theory that we were created as humans, I look forward to reading your comments, but I ask in advance-what happened to the missing link? Alien's fucking took them away?

  Congrats to Stew in Australia, who won the auctio n of my ring-worn outfit at ROB VAN DAM EVENT WORN GREEN WRESTLING SINGLET RVD WWF - eBay (item 330271164536 end time Sep-21-08 19:29:05 PDT). Stew, you get to own the outfit that I've wrested in many times- all over the world- and your money will be sent to Killer Kowalski's Memorial Fund. In recent years, when Killer would bring his students to the WWE arenas, he'd tell me "You're great!" and instruct his students to watch my performances in the ring. He'd tell them that I'm the best on the show and it really made me feel proud. I used to wonder-and still do- if he remembered the skinny 18 year-old kid from Michigan that visited his wrestling school with aspiration back in 1989. It probably wasn't that rememberable of an experience, and you've seen my old pics on my myspace page so you know I've changed a bit.

  This week we're auctioning another outfit off eBay Store - RVD 5STAR STORE: .to raise proceeds for City of Hope-the cancer research center where Sonya receives treatment.

  Did some of you guys catch "Stand up for Cancer" last week? It's not the kind of show that I would have gravitated to before, but we no longer have the luxury of looking the other way. Guess how many women in this country will get cancer...1 out of 3. For men it's 1 out of 2. Yes, you read that correctly. 1 out of 2 men, and 1 out of every 3 women will get cancer! That's every one of us, or our family and friends. One American dies every minute of every day from it. Sorry to bum you out, but these are some amazing facts that everyone should know. If I knew more about cancer before, I could have somehow forced a colonoscopy check earlier and caught Sonya's cancer at an earlier stage. Maybe she wouldn't even need the chemo. I didn't fucking know. She didn't fucking know. You should know. 

  Our sympathy is with original ECW's Francine , who very recently lost her father and her sister to the big "C". Send her energy.

 So, the country is in the worst financial shape it's been in for a long time.

Still, we blow 7 billion dollars each year to fight marijuana, based on bull shit. OK, don't want to read about that? How many billions did we spend for 4th of July fireworks? What do we spend for New Year's Eve celebrations? Let's go straight to the top of celebrations. How much money do you think the 2008 Olympic closing ceremony costs in American dollars? Over 300 million as I understand it. Couldn't those funds be put towards better survival necessities?

You could argue that it brings positive energy and I get that, but really- is it necessary when our country is so broke that "homeless" is the new "chillin"? Do we really need to know if an African runs faster than a German, for that matter? There are so many ways we piss money away, as a country. We suck at recycling and we don't utilize alternative fuels and you know why? So the rich can get richer all the way til the end. They might be counting their money soon .

  Weeds is over for the season and that sucks... but Heroes is coming! Entourage is awesome and we've also been enjoying True Blood. You checking that one out Scotty Riggs? He recommended Dexter which I love, and which will also be here next week.

  It sucks big time that we lost Evan Tanner. Every time that guy was in the octagon, he sported a different look-from long hair, to short hair, from clean shaven to full beard. He was very interesting and a hell of a great fighter. I felt his spirituality and he will be missed by the fight industry and a lot of fans.

  Congratulations to Rashad Evans for that ...BRUTAL... knock out punch he delivered to Chuck Lidell, earning a title match with UFC light-heavyweight champ Forrest Griffin in December. That will be an incredible fight, and it's extremely hard to predict a winner on that one!

  Can you believe that we have almost 40 RVD TV episodes up at robvandam.com?

T hat's a lot of RVD! Remember, if you're thinking of joining, you will get to view every single episode since the very first one- in any order and any time you want. I'm glad to share with you the real person that I am.

  All right everyone. You know how little kids need your praise and encouragement and kindness to develop in a positive way? So do adults. Try being nice to people.

That's my blog.

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