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  • From Rags to Riches to Rehab...Now do you believe me?

    01/13/2011 7:01:19 PM PST · by LesDowrey · 27 replies
    Christian Science Monitor ^ | January 13, 2011 | Gloria Goodale
    Ted Williams was the feel good story for the New Year – a down-on-his-luck, homeless man whose elegant announcer’s voice, discovered in a viral video clip, gave him a second shot at midlife success. Not only did he have multiple job offers, but Kraft took him on as a macaroni and cheese spokesman and a mortgage company offered to pay for a house. But now, with the announcement that despite his claims of being clean and sober for two years, he has not mastered the drug and alcohol problem that put him on the street, he becomes just the latest...
  • The Man With the Golden-Handout or the Real Story of Ted Williams

    01/11/2011 8:51:18 PM PST · by LesDowrey · 40 replies · 1+ views
    Virtues and Values ^ | January 11, 2011 | Les Dowrey
    The Man with the Golden Hand Out By Les Dowrey By now you know the story of the “man with the golden voice.” After an online video was posted of Ted Williams showing off his velvety-smooth dulcet tones, the media and the public worked themselves into a flurry of emotion over a faux rags-to-riches story. Despite the fact that Ted Williams hasn’t had a job in almost two decades, the job offers have come pouring in from the Cleveland Cavaliers to MSNBC. Before you start getting that warm feeling in your stomach and thinking that this is the stuff Hallmark...