: About Me

Born: Amarillo, Texas
Age: 46
Permanent residence: Texas
Currently reside in: Ulster County, NY
25 years as daily newspaper journalist, now reformed

My passion is ...

Texas, football, animals, writing

I know too much about ...

Hangovers

My parents always told me ...

Slow down

My childhood ambition ...

To be a Dallas Cowboy

My favorite memory ...

Being a Texas high school football player

Why I write ...

Because I think

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

Hunter S Thompson, Jim Carroll, Dexter, The Clash/Joe Strummer, The Ramones, The Talking Heads, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Steve Earle, James McMurtry, Johnny Cash

My first job ...

Garage envelope printing press operator, age 13

My best moment ...

To come

My inspiration ...

Unceasing amazement at life

Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Protest

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Cooking Meth In The Whiskey Stills The Bush is burning, burning down our lives Soldiers are returning, dead to grieving wives And there ain't no Moses descending from the mount No wisdom from the gravestones, just a body count Houses getting repossessed, jobs being lost Economy collapsing, melting permafrost C-cackling at electric cars, fat cats in limousines Are p-pulling on their puppets and g-gulping gasoline And we just want our iPods and the way things used to be They're cooking meth in the whiskey stills down in Tennessee They're cooking meth in the whiskey stills down in Tennessee T...

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