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About Me

I am a telecom bedouin/mountain man/writer and a Brother of Equal Indignity of the Ancient & Honorable Order of E. Clampus Vitus, a society of drunken historians or historic drunks depending on who you talk to. I have semi-circumnavigated the globe in both directions and been everywhere from San Francisco to Singapore to Port Said to the Cote D'Azure. As a kid, I sold the local newspapers in the same bar Jack London hung out at in the 1890's as a member of the Fish Patrol. I went from being tear-gassed at People's Park in Berkeley in 1968 to helping maintain America's nuclear deterrent arsenal and I embrace all the contradictions within that statement.My wife and I run a writing group at msn groups called Universal Writers Group. The web address is as follows: http://groups.msn.com/UniversalWritersGroupWe have been named the top writing/critique group on the internet for two years running by Writer's Digest Magazine in their annual survey of the top 101 websites for writers on the internet. No small feat considering we have been up and running for only 2 1/2 years.I am currently working on the stories of my Father's experiences as a Merchant Seaman during World War 2 with the working title of, "Tales of the Inadvertent Pacifist".As my Daddy used to tell me,"Just remember son, no matter where you are at sea, you're never more than 7 miles from land...straight down.
I created my own profile using nUCLEArcENTURy.COM and you should too!Two Clips Dedicated To Our Troops:Sharpe's Rifles, O'er The Hills And Far Away:Sandy Denny: Banks Of The Nile:Roy Rogers: I'd Rather Be The Devil Than Be My Woman's ManIt's A Big Country:Secret Of Roan Inish:Kingdom Of Heaven. A Knight's Oath:

My Interests

History, writing, combat simulators, Ken & Iai-do, Zen Philosophy, Mahayanna Buddhism, Native American culture, politics and current events, good music, an occasional good single malt scotch or cognac, sailing, baseball, being out in nature.Jeremiah Johnson and Del Gue: Errol Flynn as Doctor Peter Blood:Where Am I? In The Village:

I'd like to meet:

Fellow writers, poets, philosophers, and other general subversives like me.Father Mapple's Sermon:Moby Dick Vs Das BootAl Stewart. Roads To Moscow:

Music:

Operatic Tenor Arias, Trad folk artists like Dougie Maclean, Mary Black, Delores Kean, Maura O'Connell. Emmylou Harris, Iris Dement. All blues, fave being Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings. Early Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Beatles & Stones & Who & Kinks, Bruce Cockburn, POD, No Doubt, Bob Marley. Too many others to mention hereCyrano De Bergerac. The Fifty Insults And the Duel In Rhyme:Daniel Dravot, Peachy Carnahan and Billy Fish:

Movies:

Ghost Dog, The Way of the Samurai, John Paul Rappeneau's Cyrano, Kenneth Branagh's Henry V, anything by Akira Kurosawa and Hiroshi Inagaki. The Zatoichi series with Shintaro Katsu, Farewell to The King, Richard Lester's Three & Four Musketeers, sappy romantic movies, Das Boot and the Blue Max among a plethora of others.Ghost Dog:Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman:The Duellists:

Television:

Law & Order in all it's permutations, Homicide, Scrubs, My Name is Earl, news junkie, Austin City Limits, My Hero, Monty Python's Flying Circus.The Blue Max:Just A Quiet, Peace-Loving Man:

Books:

Authors: Melville, Joseph Conrad, Shakespeare, Richard Brautigan, John Le Carre, Graham Green, Ayn Rand among others.Japanese poetry, histories of the intelligence services, Historical novels and History in general.1776- John Cullum Molasses To Rum To Slaves:Red Dwarf-Would Anyone Like Any Toast?

Heroes:

Carl Wheat(There is only one Wheat. the rest of us are only chaff),Captain Peter Blood, Gen. Smedley Butler,Nelson Mandela, Miyamoto Musashi, Cyrano de Bergerac, Jeremiah Johnson, Old Stormalong the Deep-water Man, Ishmael, Zatoichi, Cincinnatus, Henry V, Ernst Udet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama & most importantly Hotei Ushu, the Sack & Stick Priest and embodiment of Zen Fullness.Josey Wales Meets Ten Bears:object width="425" height="355" ..Moonstruck. The Proposal:

My Blog

The Adventures of Randi Rhodes and The Sailor From Mars Part 9

Trying not to run, I casually strolled inside, quietly shutting the door behind me. There I found you smiling at me dressed in a green camisole and tap pants as my breath was taken from me. "Hey, Sail...
Posted by Richard on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:33:00 PST

The Adventures of Randi Rhodes and The Sailor From Mars Part 8

Early April the old Elmo Magoo slipped out of drydock and steamed down the Delaware and headed south to Mayport. A few days there to put my car and stuff in storage and "Shift Colors, Underway." We s...
Posted by Richard on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:27:00 PST

The Adventures of Randi Rhodes and The Sailor From Mars Part 7

We found the car and threw my gear in the trunk. I slid into the passenger seat as you took the wheel. I was gratified at the ease you showed navigating us across town. Finally pulling in to the motel...
Posted by Richard on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:51:00 PST

The Adventures of Randi Rhodes and The Sailor From Mars Part 6

The next morning, I was called to the Sea and Anchor detail as we cast off and steamed out of Hampton Roads and headed for the Atlantic with your "souvenirs" safely locked away. Five days later we pul...
Posted by Richard on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:44:00 PST

The Adventures of Randi Rhodes and The Sailor From Mars Part 5

Momentarily releasing you, I slapped a mix cassette in the portable player on the dresser. As the notes of Jobim's "One-Note Samba", drifted through the room, I pulled you close to me as you lay your ...
Posted by Richard on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:35:00 PST

The Adventures of Randi Rhodes and The Sailor From Mars Part 4

Friday morning found me motoring up I-95 to New York, board bungeed to the rear luggage rack and convertible top, wetsuit and other clothes packed in the trunk. I fought my way across the LIE to Dougl...
Posted by Richard on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:31:00 PST

The Adventures of Randi Rhodes and The Sailor From Mars Part 3

I had the reveille Petty Officer of the Watch from six until ten that morning, spending the entire time gazing down the pier towards the city looking for you. I had been below decks about 30 minutes a...
Posted by Richard on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:01:00 PST

The Adventures of Randi Rhodes and The Sailor From Mars Part 2

After some misgivings, you both accepted my offer to escort you home, we talked the whole way there, you about your plans for your senior year and interest in the Air Force travel and interest in broa...
Posted by Richard on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:11:00 PST

The Adventures of Randi Rhodes and The Sailor From Mars Part 1

Had I Turned Left on June 21, 1976 The Adventures of Randi Rhodes & The Sailor From Mars On June 21, 1976, I was serving aboard USS Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082) as she got underway with the rest of...
Posted by Richard on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:00:00 PST

Requiem for my Oldest Friend

My Friend John Kinnaman On January 4, 2007, I was informed that my friend of forty years, John Kinnaman had passed away on New Years Day at the age of 53. How does one detail the accomplishments of ...
Posted by Richard on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 12:07:00 PST