An Artist by Design, a Writer by Hobby, and a Liar by Compulsion
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I was born with a powerful, over-the-top, superhuman imagination on steroids. I dwell in the RIGHT SIDE of my brain– the creative dreamscape cosmos. I seldom cross the cluttered hallway to the LEFT SIDE– the orderly world of names, dates, and whatever I was just talking about, except to answer the door on the occasion that my wife calls me to dinner or my iPhone needs charging.
I feel like I’ve done it all, though I’m pretty sure I haven’t even come close. I’ve written four books, and have yet to publish any of them, which is pretty much what this blog is all about.
I’ve competed in quite a few speech contests, received more trophies than I know what to do with, and made more friends than are stars on a no-moon night. I’ve since retired from the stage, but I haven’t stopped writing.
Creating and updating this blog seems to have become my full-time job. I guess you could say it’s become my stage. I love an audience and I will do my best not to disappoint.
MY WASTE BUCKET LIST Sometimes you can screw up badly and still be glad it happened. Instead of unfolding into the fall of 1971, my high school junior year was more of an unravelling, beginning with registration day. I’d chosen Art as my career path at the end of my previous sophomore year. My vision…
Keep readingMY TALL TALES Change the channel, change your socks, or change the subject, but think twice before changing your intersection with the world. Most of us are quite content, taking our first first-name all the way to our grave, regardless of how it fits. A first-name, chosen by some love-struck kids barely out of their…
Keep readingTHE WAY I SEE IT Freeways Filled With Dipsticks In the utopian world that exists in my head, there’s a single-lane super-highway running from the end of my driveway to my office, eighteen miles away. With no speed limits or on-ramps, there’s not another car or pedestrian in sight because I’m the only one who…
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Over the past two and a half decades, I’ve won more than 50 Public Speaking Competitions, including Tall Tale and Liar Contests
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