I'm a simple animal-loving, nature loving, environmentally-friendly writer, cartoonist, and
e-entrepreneur.

was a late bloomer, as I battled a fatal disease until
age 48, had been misdiagnosed (but close) for almost 25 years and received the wrong health-care. A cure was
found in Sept. 2004, and I received the surgery in
January of 2005.

In the past decade, I have tried to make up for lost time. If I may offer a few bragging rights, I founded Londons Times Cartoons in 1997. It has evolved to become the largest and most visited offbeat cartoon site on the Internet.

I later founded niche stores which sell my images on
funny tees, mouse pads, mugs, greeting cards, clocks,
magnets, keychains, you name it. They can be found
at several of my stores www.ricklondonfunnygifts.info
and www.ricklondoncollection.com . I have a specialty
clothing line featured at www.ricklondonwear.com.
My latest venture is Rick London Organics, featuring
100% cotton organic tees for men and women made with
totally non-toxic dyes. Bono of U2 produces the fabric
for our women's tees and American Apparel for our male tees.

I finished 3 years of college at Western Governor's University www.wgu.edu in business, but more health issues put that on hold though I plan to finish (I am 53 as of this writing).

I cared for my dog "Thor", a rescue stray Benji-looking mix, I found in the woods of Ms. while disabled. I put him on the b.a.r.f.
diet (bones and raw food) and he lived to be (the vet believes) close to 22. He was one great dog. Sadly, I lost him November.

I was born and raised in Hattiesburg, Ms, and now make my home in Hot Springs, Ar. high in the Ouachata Mountains. The town has the perfect mix of nature/country and cosmopolitan. Very much to do with only 35,000 or so residents.

My goal is to continue to write and work on my cartoon venture, hopefully return to school, and venture into some other Internet ventures that are evolving as I write this.

My main love is writing, and would love one day to spend most my work hours pecking away at the keyboard.

Jobs & Careers > Layoffs & Firings Ways to cope with being disabled after years of employment

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It seemed like only yesterday that I was living in Washington, D.C., working in corporate America, waking up at 6 am, rushing with my coffee while I brushed my teeth and put on my pinstripe suit and yellow power tie, and drove to work, arriving before rush hour. Only to be stressed out the rest of the day and night. That was over two decades ago, and to be honest,
I would never want to go back to them.

After a major heart attack, a burst appendicitis attack, a dysfunctional vagus nerve (requiring an implant) and a myriad of other health problems, I was put on the corporate sidelines, ...

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