I live in Rochester NY and really, no really like my job as an Activities Director at a local nursing home. You gain another perspective on just how your life is going.

Watch your health, love your friends and, hopefully family, laugh often and enjoy nighttime bon fires.

I expend great effort to set time aside for volleyball and cycling. I always stretch after wards to loosen my muscles. This allows me to walk semi straightly the next day.

I savor a really good beer, then sometimes another and, yes, once in a while, I'll get really drunk. I pray that my hazy conduct didn't offend anyone but make no excuses.

I'm not a professional writer! Trying and hopefully improving is far more rewarding than any Helium payout! It is really difficult to create good work in the summertime. Up here, the season is preciously short. Would rather spend time outside than writing at my computer.

My passion is ...

cycling

I know too much about ...

using stubborness to prove a point

My parents always told me ...

To clean my room. I still do a poor job of this!

My childhood ambition ...

Radio or TV broadcaster

My favorite memory ...

Too many

Why I write ...

I feel that everyone's writing style is more unique than a fingerprint!

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Billy Joel's "2000 Years- The Millennium Concert"

My first job ...

I cooked at Perkins

My best moment ...

I've had many happy times

My inspiration ...

To live life and challenge myself to be a better boyfriend, son, friend and, oh yeah, writer!

Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book Reviews: Confederates In The Attic by Tony Horwitz

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In this excellent work, Tony Horwitz explores his dormant passion for "The Lost Cause". He chronicles his journey through hidden hamlets and sprawling cities of the Old South searching for the legacy and raw emotions still produced by the Civil War. Expectedly, Horwitz becomes a war correspondent, covering a conflict nearly 130 years after hostilities ceased. One now fought politically, culturally and academically. The author introduces readers to a host of characters. Some were uniquely refreshing. Unfortunately, many more were entrenched reactionaries. Certainly, all were passionate about...

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