Andy Warhol Was Half Right
SERTS(2ND FROM RIGHT-TOP ROW) & STEVE THOMAS (KNEELING)
Andy Warhol famously once said; “In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.” He should have doubled it for my friend Sergio Grado. Sergio, or “Serts” as he was known when we were younger, will be featured for a 30 minute segment on tonight’s episode of Renovation Nation on the Discovery Channel’s “Planet Green” channel. The show is hosted by Steve Thomas, who some of you may remember as being Bob Vila’s replacement on This Old House. Steve and his crew document one of Serts’ building projects that centers around green building. I know what you’re thinking right now; “But NukeDad, aren’t you totally against all of that environmental crap?” No, I’m not. I’m against deceitful ex-politicians whose name starts with Al and ends with Gore living in an energy hog house while preaching to my kids that they’re killing the planet, all the while lining his pockets with millions and millions of dollars. Meanwhile, George W. Bush lives in one of the most “green” houses on the planet, but you don’t hear about that, do you? Maybe Al can head up a few field trips down to Crawford, Texas so he can see how it’s done. But I digress.
SERGIO GRADO-NATIONAL GRADUATE MASTER BUILDER OF THE YEAR 2008
Serts’ family has been building homes in the Woodlands, outside of Houston, since the early 70’s. He used to spend his summers down there working his butt off for the family business. It paid off. Now? He IS the family business. His father retired a few years ago, and I’m pretty sure that his brother Gilbert is still down there running the old family business, but Serts started his own company that builds custom homes, commercial buildings and remodeling projects. He is the go to guy for “green” building in the Houston area. He was named the Graduate Master Builder Of The Year for 2008. That’s kind of like winning the Academy Award for your industry. He also won the Emerging Business of the Year award from the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Things are good in SergioLand. So if you get a chance and you have access to the Planet Green channel, tune in tonight at 6pm eastern to see one of my best friends from childhood enjoy his 30 minutes of fame.
Leta
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy….
(NukeDad) Agreed.
Jan 28, 2010 @ 5:59 pm
WeaselMomma
Very cool for him. I fell asleep before it aired and I don’t think I get that channel anyway.
(NukeDad) Hopefully it will be rerun on one of their more mainstream channels in the future. I’ll keep you posted.
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Jan 29, 2010 @ 6:19 am
Melisa
Ah shoot, I read this too late. But I assume that since it’s a channel under the Discovery umbrella, that I can probably catch a rerun on one of the 1,000 times they play it? I’ll check.
(NukeDad) I’ll keep an eye out for you as well.
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Jan 29, 2010 @ 7:01 am
Keith Wilcox
Sounds like it’s well deserved recognition. I still haven’t had my 15 minutes. Should come any day now
(NukeDad) That’s what I keep telling myself too.
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Jan 29, 2010 @ 2:43 pm
Tom
I too shall have to check for re-runs. But what a great thing for him! Shows that hard work and dedication can really pay off.
(NukeDad) It’s a perfect example of hard work paying off, and it is well deserved.
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Jan 29, 2010 @ 7:08 pm
Otter
Very impressive. The greatest contribution any of my friends have made to our planet is probably funding the green projects that Budwieser or Miller are undertaking.
(NukeDad) Ha, ha; and the aluminum can recyclers love them for it!
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Feb 02, 2010 @ 11:54 am