Ventriloquist Central – A Tribute To Ventriloquism

One of my dearest friends lives in Las Vegas and last week he called to let me know that his is getting married. He met a Chinese girl by way of a waitress friend of his in Las Vegas and began an online relationship with this woman. He then went to China and met her there and they decided to wed. It took them over a year to get all the paper work done to bring her over to the US and she arrived and a wedding is taking place tomorrow.

It was perfect reason for Helen and me to take a trip to get away from the bad weather in Boston!! I love Las Vegas and plan to one day retire here so when my friend said come we made the booking and here I am in Vegas.

It is Nascar Weekend here so the place is all a buzz. Hopefully I will get to see Terry Fator and tonight I am going to see Kenny Wayne Sheppard, one of the best blues slide guitarists ever. I can’t wait. I also hope to see Jersey Boys.

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger

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After all is said and done I unfortunately have to admit that I am no longer young. Boy does that upset me because for all intents and purposes I still believe I am 20. I do all the same things I did at that age and inside I still feel that age but the reality of this past week has set into place in my mind. Diverticulitis only happens when the walls of the lower intestine weaken and pockets (diverticuli) appear. You just don’t find them in young folk.

I was on a clear liquid diet for two full days and then for two days on a BRAT diet (bananas, rice, apple sauce and toast) and have now just started to eat solid foods. Along with this I must take 2 different antibiotics for 10 full days which kill anything that lives in the lower bowel. They leave a metallic taste in the mouth and actually give me a nauseous feeling but I am not sick. Also I now must take Citricel to make sure I have enough fiber. I will admit I have never been one who enjoys salads. That I know was a big mistake.

So with a new regime in eating I hopefully will not have another episode. I can say it was not fun.

Back to collecting ventriloquist figures!!

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger

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I don’t normally talk about personal happenings but I suffered a scare early Wednesday morning. I woke up to severe lower abdominal pain at 4:30 am. I thought it was gas and shrugged it off and went back to sleep. I awoke again at 7:00 am but the pain was still there in my lower left abdomen. Knowing that my appendix is on the right side I still felt it must be either gas or constipation.

I went through the day with work as regular but the pain worsened and by 2:30 pm I called the doctor’s office and they immediately said for me to come in for an examination. Helen of course was upset that I was in pain but held my hand and went with me. I calmed her down and said it would be nothing.

I had to sit for 2 hours before I got seen but the doctor did the exam and said that since there are no other organs on the lower left side of the abdomen it had to be something in the colon. I then had to have blood drawn and it was checked for white count. A high white blood cell count means there is an infection. Bingo mine was high. The doctor said she believed I have what is called Diverticulitis, a condition where small areas of muscle weakness in the wall of the colon progress to pouches. Sometimes small particles of waste lodge in the pouches and become infected.

I was put on 2 antibiotics which I have to take for 10 days and the doctor told me these antibiotics kill anything that lives in the lower part of the colon. Well it must work because today the pain has already subsided. I also had a cat scan done and those results will come to me early next week. Hopefully nothing else will be found. I am happy I caught this early and used the signal (pain) which means something is wrong. Hopefully after the antibiotics are done I won’t have to suffer with this again.

This is the reason that you must have roughage in your diet. Now back to Ventriloquism and figure collecting!!

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger

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Here at Ventriloquist Central, we want to wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season. So from Steve, his family and me and my family…Merry Christmas.

I also thought we would show a holiday video from last year. Enjoy.

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Merry Christmas, everyone!

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2009 by Dan Willinger

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I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our Jewish friends out there a very Happy Hanukkah. Today is the first day of an eight day celebration honoring the oil which lasted in the temple for 8 days when it was only supposed to last for one.

Since this is the gift giving holiday, I expect to receive a different ventriloquist figure every day for the next eight.

Hey I can wish can’t I??

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2009 by Dan Willinger

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