I was in kindergarten first grade and second grade all in the same calendar year Nine years later I became a high school drop out After high school I attended school for seventeen years In the process I earned six academic degrees including two doctorates. To get married I climbed a pole onto a roof and my wife was shoved into the church through a window The airline which my wife and I flew on a South American trip went bankrupt and left us stranded in a 1200 foot high mountain city But all that is getting ahead of what you are about to read All the incidents recorded in this book are true and are recorded to the best of my memory Sit back grab a cup of tea and have a few laughs along the way becauseA merry heart does good like medicine Proverbs 17 22 NKJV It s a Crazy Wonderful Life 101 Brief Accounts of the Crazy Unusual Happy Strange Delightful Sometimes Dangerous Things the Happened on the Way to My GraveI waited four years to read this book Dr Hartog was one of my college professors at Faith Baptist Bible College During one of my freshman classes he informed the class of the book he was writing a time or two he even took time out of class to read a portion for our enjoyment Right before my graduation a slip appeared in all student mailboxes informing us that the book was about to be published and how to purchase a copy. The writing itself does not classify it as a best seller however the stories inside paint a wonderful portrait of this beloved professor s life Dr Hartog has done so much throughout his life and I m certain this book is only a taste of it I for one thoroughly enjoyed reading it Also one will never find a better wedding story than the Hartog s John Hartog II

When I was a child a hatchery worker stuffed my pockets full of live baby chicks and sent me home. When I was a teenager taking care of my grand father by myself he set on fire the couch on which he was sitting: On one occasion a seminary classmate and I were famished and the only food on hand was under dirt: To get through the day we dug raw peanuts with our bare hands out of an already harvested field