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  • "With his tribal garb and distinctive tattoos, he may conjure up images of an island paradise, but facing him in battle is pure hell. Drawing on the power of his ancestors, Toa has the strength of a thousand warriors flowing through his veins, and he will never, ever show mercy."

    (Official biography on NBC American Gladiators website)

    September 6, 2008

  • In a high school World Religions class, a group presented on Taoism (Daoism), but consistently misspelled the main idea of the tao as the toa. It tickled me and Maryann, so my high school notebooks were soon filled with "Follow the Toa" in the margins. It's very possible I'll accidentally call it the toa in polite company one day soon.

    February 15, 2016