Hellboy Josh's Big Break

A good friend of mine, Hellboy Josh, is working on Steve Rowe's, a Maine gubernatorial candidate, election team. Josh is one of the most intelligent people I know and someday I know that he will be in national politics in some way. He skipped a grade in high school, graduated culinary school and has a college degree, and he is only 22 years old.

OK the point of this post. Josh is in this Steve Rowe ad somewhere. Can you pick him out?




That's right he's the bear. He has come along way.

What have you been doing?

Guess who is back in town, Hellboy Josh, that's who. We got together for a beer, well many beer to be truthful, last night. It was good to see Josh as we always seem to have good conversations about what is happening in the world. We always have a good laugh, and sometimes fear, about what the ultra fringe right wing talking heads are promoting. It is always good, for me any way, to talk to Josh, as he confirms some of the craziness that I see in the our politics.

And there is a part of me that really dislikes Josh and it always starts with him saying "Well what have you been up too?" and my reply is "Not to much, but I did see a movie last week." Than I ask him what he had been up to since the last time we talked. He starts with him working 2 day a week as a bartender making some good money and meeting many lady's. Then he runs a couple of miles every day, he has been in New York, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine doing some rock climbing. He also told me he had gone to the airport to go down to Costa Rica, but the flight was booked so he took of for Yellowstone park for a couple days of rock climbing. Other than that he hasn't done too much. Oh I and I forgot, I did buy a new weed whacker. Some times I dislike that guy a lot.

Josh's Big Adventure

Last week my wife and I were suppose to have Josh (hellboy) and his sister to our home for dinner. I had talked to Josh the week before and we had set up the date. He was going to be living in Worcester Mass. for the summer, but he was coming back to the mid coast for the weekend. And that is when we were going to have dinner. The Wednesday before I call him and asked if we were still on for Friday. He said that plans had changed and he was heading to New York state to do a little rock climbing.

Last week I get a email from Josh, after which I checked his Facebook page and discovered that the boy had made a left turn, off of the New York Thruway, and ended up in Thailand. I really admire him for his wanderlust. I could not pick myself up and head off to an exotic land all by myself. I get a little nervous when I go to the next town, much less Thailand. Josh seems to be living his life with no boundary's. The world is there for the taking and he is taking all he can. The only problem I can see is his sense of direction. When you head up to New York state and end up in Thailand your sense of direction is a tad off.

If you want to follow Josh's Big Adventure go to Vagabond Thailand and read all about it.