Palumbo always said Romano was notoriously lazy, had to be heavily edited, and never made his deadlines.
Ok? BUT, I always enjoyed Romano's writing style.
I remember having a brief exchange of pm's with him on the MD site when he was going strong there.
I could tell he looked down on me for being a nobody physics teacher, but wtf.
He was rather taken back when I told him what my mortgage rate % was .
He actually replied with something about how I must have awesome credit and seemed impressed yet surprised.
I told him that a steady , stable career of many years and paying your bills on time = great credit.
I always got the impression John (and Dave) thought my type of career path was foolish and dumb.
Ya know, to them, I was some sucker , doing the conventional, safe career.
He was sure that MD would take off and he'd be making even more within a few years.
But, within a year they got fired from MD...go figure

I respect those like you , JR and Dave P who can make a legit $$ from the "fitness industry".
BUT, now at age 56, I'm happy I took the path I did.