I was taught to treat you, and you, and you, and, yeah, even you way over in the corner there, as individuals. I believe in that to my core. I'll Continue Reading
Don’t Even Waste Your Breath, Mizz Priscilla
I try to avoid even glancing at the current events list when I go to Bing or Google. Because so much of this kind of garbage is considered news now: Continue Reading
Sometimes the Best Thing to Do is Just Walk Away
Summer of 2003. A couple of unexpected downturns and one unmitigated disaster left me poor as a church mouse for about 6 months. Not broke, destitute. Continue Reading
Wisdom is Where You Find It, Even at Biker Bars and Redneck Rat Cage Juke Joints
This is somewhere in the late '80s. I was on the back patio of this skeezy redneck rat cage juke joint where I was Head of Security, trying to figure Continue Reading
There are Rules for a Reason
We did a show where an outlaw gets shot clean off his horse, but gets hung up in his rope and drug off the set. First time I did that one I played one Continue Reading
You Cannot Stomp the Light into Anyone
You'll never bully anyone into changing. You cannot stomp The Light into anyone. They have to want it. You know the phrase, "be the change you want to Continue Reading
A Patient Warrior Can Transform Fear into Friendship, Hatred into Harmony
When I first started getting lunch at the deli in the IGA several years ago, the counter guy was a small, very well-groomed, nattily dressed, Continue Reading
The Orthodoxy of Woke
Well hell. I saw a blurb the other morning about VP Cackles speaking out against "the epidemic of hate." I didn't even need to finish reading the Continue Reading
Barroom Psy-Ops Turn Enemies Into Allies by “Hiding All the Strings”
I've been working the doors and the floors of bars in the Deep South and the west since the first term of the Reagan administration. And I've come up Continue Reading
How a Professional Bouncer Took Out Four Assailants Without Lifting a Finger
I always preach that for your average everyday citizen - men and women- the martial art you should master first is confidence. You should know how to Continue Reading
The Beautiful Tragedy That Became #MeToo
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 13, 2020. There's a particular segment of the entertainment/political community that had it set deep Continue Reading
Bouncer Diplomacy: “You’re 86’d, Get the !@#$ Out Now”
I'm a lifelong red-blooded, rock-ribbed, God-fearin' flag-wavin', gun-totin' military-raised swamp rat outta Alabama who's also been a working actor Continue Reading
