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
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
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
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
My Acting Was So Good I Thought I Might Actually Lose My Arm
That's me in buckskin, back when I was a professional stuntman. It was a whole different America in 1983. We were doing a live wild west show here, 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
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
Why I Don’t Play Practical Jokes Anymore
A kid who worked for me when I was a warehouse foreman for a sawmill and hardwood staircase parts manufacturer back home in Tuscaloosa, Jamey, was a Continue Reading
Knowing the Truth is Its Own Reward
I made Buddy Ebsen laugh once, y'know. A personal highlight. I was running Security at an early "Con" type deal in Tuscaloosa in the '80s. Not a 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
That Time I Thought I’d Be Pissing Bones for a Week
I'll have to wait till I total it all up at the end, but I've got a pretty good idea of what The Dumbest Thing I've Ever Agreed To Do is gonna turn Continue Reading
Why Making a Cootie Catcher is Among the Most Important Skills I Ever Learned
I met this guy when I was working the door on a very slow evening back in '91. He was one of those guys who will get your Spidey Sense flashing on Continue Reading
