Whatcha Wanna Know Wednesdays!

In an attempt to keep my posts somewhat interesting, I'm declaring Wednesdays as "Whatcha Wanna Know Wednesdays" on my blog. You know the, always wanted to know but were too afraid to ask kinda things, or interesting and sometimes not so interesting things about me.

Today's theme is Celebrity Sightings. I worked for the Atlanta Braves for 11 years. In that time I met several celebrity-type people and some I don't really consider celebrities. I worked with Hank Aaron in the front office way back in the early 80's. He was not one of my favorite people, although he is a legend in the baseball arena. I will spare you the details of why he wasn't one of my favorite people, so as not to "jade" those that adore him. I had the privilege of working with the dignitaries and celebrities that came in for the World Series and would pick them up and drop them off in a limo golf cart (that's a whole other story!). Drove around President and Mrs. Carter, Gov. Zell Miller, Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, met Arnold "pump you up" now Governor Schwarzeneggar, and Rob Lowe. We also had the JazzFest in the old Fulton County Stadium where I got to meet several big groups of the 80's. Somewhat scary fact you don't know about me is that Rick James ("Super Freak") actually kissed me on the lips. Gross, I know! I even blessed out Charlie Sheen (in a kidding way) for sitting there and holding his cigarette over my baby, Zack, that was sleeping on the sofa in the office. Back in 1989 I won a trip to be on MTV's "Club MTV" over Spring Break. It was an all expense paid trip to Daytona Beach to be on the show. We all stayed in the Marriott and Colin Quinn got in the elevator and took a big bite off my ice cream cone. I was not happy! Same trip, met OJ Simpson--staying at the same hotel. I also saw Nicholas Cage at a casino in Atlantic City. One of my earliest sightings was in the 7th grade, I met Peaches & Herb (remember them?!) at the Atlanta Airport. Two summers ago we were in South Beach (Miami) eating at Johnny Rockets on the main drag and saw Shaq cruising down the strip. A few years ago in New York, I saw Gellman (from Regis & Kelly) at the airport and also had our pics taken with the Today show crew.

So, there you go...my "brush" with the rich and not so rich and famous. Tune in every Wednesday for "whatcha wanna know" Wednesdays where we'll have a new theme each week! This has been Celebrity Sightings...Kirksey..OUT!