: About Me

I blog at http://novemberghosts.blogspot.com

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate,
A poet, a pawn and a king.
I've been up and down and over and out
And I know one thing:
Each time I find myself, flat on my face,
I pick myself up and get back in the race.

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Sometimes I see me as old manatee
Headin south as the waters grow colder
Tries to steer clear of the hum-drum so near
It cuts prop scars deep in his shoulder
But thats how it goes (thats how it goes), right to the end
Though his body's quite flexible, that barnacle brain don't bend

I'm growing older but not up
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck
Let those winds of time blow over my head
Id rather die while I'm livin than live while I'm dead

Now don't get me wrong
This is not a sad song
Just events that I have happened to witness
And time takes its toll as we head for the poll
And no one dies from physical fitness
So what the hell, well take it right to the end
As the days grow more complicated the nightlife still wins

I'm growing older but not up
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck
Let those winds of change blow over my head
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead
Let those winds of time blow over my head
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead
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Seriously, here are some personas I wore for extended periods of time over the past 60 years: presidential campaigner, anti-war protestor, career soldier, self-published author, homeless derelict, POW/MIA activist, Chief Operating Officer, marketing director, advertising copywriter, safety advisor, security guard, evidence photographer, day laborer, telemarketer, newspaper hawker, animal handler, columnist...
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My passion is ...

Traveling

I know too much about ...

Cults in general and the Peoples Temple in particular

My parents always told me ...

I would never be successful if I didn't stay in college.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a fireman

My favorite memory ...

a star-filled romantic night in San Antonio, with a tall leggy artist who I was extremely infatuated with.

Why I write ...

Well, somebody has to tell the story.

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

just finished Richard Jadick's On Call In Hell, currently reading 1776, and will read Cormac McCarthy's The Room next

My first job ...

newspaper boy. Don't ask what my third job was.

My best moment ...

when Rebecca called me.

My inspiration ...

Rebecca

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Pirates of Penzance How I arrived on Chapel Street, I don't know. My dreams and nightmares rarely have logical starting points. But here I am, an American, standing where Queens Street becomes Chapel. Tentatively, I head south, toward Quay Street, which Chapel becomes as it passes the huge stone church. St. Mary's, the tallest building in town, makes the place seem all the more medieval, with its stark granite gray bell tower reaching toward the clouds. A landmark for mariners and residents alike, the church can be seen from every quarter of the town and out from the sea. The street is dev...

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