Friends Don’t Let Friends Vote Trump… Or Do They?

◻︎ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017 Donald Trump won the presidential election on November 8, 2016. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by almost 2.9 million — but Trump won in the Electoral College. There’s debate about the merits of having an Electoral College, but unless changed by a Constitutional Amendment that’s our system per Article II, Section I of the United States Constitution. Today, with the … Continue reading Friends Don’t Let Friends Vote Trump… Or Do They?

Bob Laycock (He/Him)January 20, 2017October 21, 2024Leave a comment

Great Wall of China, Laycock Family

Drone Flight Over the Great Wall

◻︎ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2017 If you haven’t checked out my website section on William Edgar Geil & the Great Wall of China, I hope you will. It’s an astounding story. In that section of the website I talk about William Lindesay, a British native now living in China who has devoted his life to the Great Wall of China — it’s history and it’s … Continue reading Drone Flight Over the Great Wall

Bob Laycock (He/Him)January 6, 2017August 8, 2023Leave a comment

Great Wall of China, Laycock Family

My Grandfather & The Great Wall of China

My grandfather, Dr. William Edgar Geil, was a missionary and explorer throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia and elsewhere. In 1908 he walked the entire length of the Great Wall of China, roughly 1500 miles. He is the first person ever documented to have done so. Dr. Geil and this history are largely forgotten despite the fact that he wrote 10 books and documented his … Continue reading My Grandfather & The Great Wall of China

Bob Laycock (He/Him)January 1, 2017August 8, 2023Leave a comment