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
- 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
