Sunday, October 06, 2024

Reminiscing

In my 70 years I have:

  • lived as a blond-haired, blue-eyed, left-handed bisexual
  • been a competitive roller skater in junior high
  • published a radical left "underground" newsletter in high school
  • sat in a dark office with a gun aimed at a door for 12 hours overnight in my first security job. 
  • pulled an elderly couple out of their burning apartment on that same job
  • met numerous celebrities as a security guard at Sheraton Island Hotel
  • met even more celebrities working at Sam Goody
  • My manager, Steve Swann, and Weird Al 2002


  • ridden shotgun in a police car at 134mph on the Coronado Strand 
  • ridden from San Diego to Los Angeles in an armored car with $4 million in bearer bonds
  • experienced both sides of handcuffs
  • worked only the graveyard shift on a freight crew in Idaho for 13 years
  • driven from Idaho to Texas twice, Idaho to San Diego once, and across the country once
  • have fostered a female gray wolf for Idaho F&G
  • raised a number of non-venomous snakes
  • been rear-ended by a construction F-250 resulting in a broken neck
  • banked $86,000 in a settlement with their insurance company
  • worked on help desks for Gateway computers and D-Link
  • been blogging since 2003
  • outlived my best friend, my best dog, and at least one former girlfriend
  • spent the last 48 years as a celibate, no regrets
  • wondered how much longer this journey will last

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