: About Me

My passion is ...

Music.

I know too much about ...

Anything useless you can think of.

My parents always told me ...

Too much information is a dangerous thing. I'm probably on some most wanted list now.

My childhood ambition ...

To become a writer and a rock star. Odd coupling, I know.

My favorite memory ...

Just one? But there are so many! I'm too indecisive. I break out in a sweat trying to decide what color of cap I want on the milk.

Why I write ...

Because I enjoy it, and I like forcing my opinion upon helpless readers.

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

Reading: Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett. Brilliant author. Watching: America's Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, and Last Comic Standing. Listening to: The Beatles

My first job ...

Telephone surveys. I was fired from two different phone survey jobs before I wised up to the fact that $5.00 an hour for interrupting people's lives just wasn't my calling.

My best moment ...

That's for me to know and you to forget you asked about.

My inspiration ...

My girlfriend Sadie. She's amazing!

Creative Writing > Humor Cowboy humor: True stories about family

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I grew up in the Bitterroot Valley in Montana. It's a beautiful, quiet little place, with more than its share of grumpy old cowboys like my dad. Dad was a true cowboy. He didn't exactly follow the stereotypical description of a cowboy: He wasn't stick-thin, he wasn't an eternal bachelor, and although he had a sense of humor, he wasn't a wisecracking gunfighter. In fact, he spend 30 years as a policeman in Las Vegas. Sergeant Darrell Wayne Huff was the first policeman in the United States (or maybe just Nevada; I'm still not entirely sure) to have his badge retired. His men did that for him...

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