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Read More: Ode To Troy LivingstonOde To Troy Livingston Troy was a good man He lived a good life He would go out of his way to help anyone, do anything He could fix anything that was broken Except his heart He built a lot of things He built an empire He did it his way And only his way…
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Read More: LBJWhen the Smothers Brothers sent an apology to President Lyndon B. Johnson for their satirical jokes he responded with this memorable quote: “It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists. You have given the gift of laughter to our people. May we…
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Read More: Delavan, ILSomewhere in IL, Summer 1986 When I woke up this morning I knew something wasn’t right I was laying on a park bench Sunlight in my eyes My head was pounding out a rhythm that I didn’t recognize My skull felt like it was gonna split Fortunately, I still had my boots and leather on…
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Read More: Campground Food PantryLate Summer 1984, somewhere in Maine I was in a campground in Maine, and I’d been there about a week. It was raining constantly, and the bike was suffering some sort of electrical problem. The fairing, gas tank and side covers were all off and part of the wiring harness had been removed in my…
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Read More: Factory LifeBack when I was about 17, in the early 80’s, one of my part time jobs was in a factory that made paper tape computer readers/punchers. It was state-of-the-art technology at the time and the units sold for thousands of dollars each. They were slick machines that looked kind of like reel-to-reel tape machines hybrid…
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Read More: Time and TempBack in my college days in the late 80’s it wasn’t unusual to wake up and have no idea where I was and more importantly where my glasses were. Being legally blind, the glasses become a priority. I awoke one morning, in really bad shape totally disoriented. The phone was next to me. I picked…
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Read More: Alligator AlleyAlligator Alley, Central Florida, Summer 1974 In memory of Troy W. Livingston, who always stopped to help a stranger. When we lived in Miami in the early 70’s, we used to travel to Sanibel Island about every other weekend. My grandparents had a house on a lagoon there that was within 50 yards walk of…
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Read More: CriticismTo announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but morally treasonable to the American public. -Theodore Roosevelt
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Read More: KovandaNorthbrook, IL. Early Summer, 1984 Kovanda was a psycho. Plain and simple. It’s what you get when you cross psychosis with intense alcoholism and cocaine. I steered clear, but it was kinda hard when I spent so much time at her house and worked with her dad, brother and Kovanda. Spend 12 hours a day…
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Read More: Texas v. ThoreauWhen I was travelling around the country on my motorcycle, I was crossing West over I10. At about Beaumont, Texas, where I10 turns North I noticed the lights were on behind me. Mr. State Trooper wanted to see me. I pulled over to the side of the road, and pulled my license out of my…
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