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About Me

I am the "Crossing Guard at the Apocalypse", the Chairman of the Judgement Day Refreshment Committee. I'm just a 50 year old man, husband, father, co-worker/boss. I love vintage cars, vintage clothes-shadow plaid/sharkskin/old 501's/50's & 60's shirts, bakelite, tattoos, tattoo conventions, tattoo art, and yes...tattoo people. I emcee 5 different tattoo shows - Baco/Fresno/Paso/Long Beach/Dayton, and this spring - Boise. I have played guitar on and off since I was 9. I am a guerilla poet, songwriter, a blogger, telling of stories, mentor to my co-workers, a loving friend, a flawed man, and someone who will not surrender to the plain. My wife is Jennifer Blue Allen, Designer, dressmaker, lover, friend, and Saint. My son is Clayton William Allen - building a life and being a man. My father is gone, but loved still. My mother is gone, but loved still. My step-mother is my mom, and is one of the finest people in the world. My sister lives in Incline Village, NV...we don't get to see each other often. Our dog? Fonte. Our cat? Mirra. 5 chickens & 2 ducks. I LOVE MY FRIENDS...ALOT....AND YOU CAN SEE MANY OF THEIR FACES IN AMONGST MY MYSPACE FRIENDS. I AM HONORED BY THEM.

My Interests

guitars, cars, gardening, tattoo, garage sales, speedway motorcycles (although..I'm so not good at it), oral sex, vintage clothing, bakelite jewelry, reading, writing, screwing, watching birds at the feeder, playing hard with the kitty, ranting at the government, MMA & pro boxing, life.

I'd like to meet:

The Dalai Lama, Mark Knopfler, Carl Hiassen, Derek Wolcott, B.B. King, Horiyoshi III, Daryl Hannah, Scarlett Johansen, and Drew Barrymore.... there are probably others

Music:

From AC/DC to Zodiac Mindwarp, and everything in between. Major faves? Mark Knopfler, the National, Motorhead, the Damned, Jeffrey Foucault, Iggy, Louis Armstrong, Gary Burton, Explosions in the Sky. I likes me sum rockabilly, jazz, western swing, hillbilly music, the blues (and I don't mean the middle age, White Wine drinking lame generic stuff...REAL BLUES), Rock and Roll, jump swing... DEAR GOD NO RAP-no i am not "all 'bout it", NO BAD EMO, NO BOY BANDS... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE MUST DIE

Movies:

Local Hero, Shall we Dance (both versions), the 5th Element, Lost in Translation, the 13th Warrior, Bad Santa... small & pretty. Not a big horror fan, don't need exploding terrorists, dumb comics, or the latest bimbo...

Television:

Sopranos, anything with Eddie Izzard, all the crazy folk crazy dangerous animals (Austin Stephens - "Snake Handler", The Wire, prizefights, Animal Cops....

Books:

Elmore Leond, James Lee Burke, John Straley, Carl Hiassen, James Hall, Walter Moseley, "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory"/"James and the Giant Peach", Derek Wolcott...currently in a 12 Step program for people who buy too many magazines

Heroes:

My dad, my wife, my step-mom, Kahill Gibran, Joe R., Craig M., Steve T., Jim P., Bruce J., my tattoo family near and far, my Uncles Bill and Lindy, anyone who smiles often, teaches with patience, and loves deeply and with dignity, truth and honor.

My Blog

I've been accused of crass sentimentality before...that's not it.

life is fine. I came home from an important business dinner last night and collapsed into bed. This morning I had to chuckle at the trail of clothes from the door to that same bed. I dilly...
Posted by ***** ATOMIC ***** on Tue, 22 May 2007 01:00:00 PST

DRUNKEN EBAY, asscrack, fools of all sizes, and the least happy place on earth

While I realize that my drinking alone would disturb some, it gets worse. I have indulged in the suburban non-Las Vegas type of middle-aged gambling. Drunken E-bay shopping. Last nig...
Posted by ***** ATOMIC ***** on Tue, 15 May 2007 01:24:00 PST

the voices in my head say life is sometimes ridiculous.

I have a gypsies junkyard of unspecific gripes, complaints, and irritations. and some notes on life. So....big news is not that the pathetic, limp dick cowboy moron that we call president.....
Posted by ***** ATOMIC ***** on Thu, 03 May 2007 04:05:00 PST

world....world....world...whirrled...world...the word....WORLD.

So...this South Korean dude kills 30+ people, and I hear this phrase over...and over....and over. "He must have been MAD AT THE WORLD". Really...and he picked this 30+ grouping over the ot...
Posted by ***** ATOMIC ***** on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:25:00 PST

dire warnings, strange adds, bad greetings, "She'll never be your man"

Researchers say that global warning means LESS VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP. Oh dear....oh my....you mean while I'm floating in a boat where my front yard used to be somewhere around 2015 that I can't ge...
Posted by ***** ATOMIC ***** on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:29:00 PST

dire warnings, strange adds, bad greetings, "She'll never be your man"

blow up.

so.....it would appear that Iraq may simply blow up. They...the Iraqis....seem to be headed in that direction/want that. Yesterday they blew up part of their goverment and a bridge (part o...
Posted by ***** ATOMIC ***** on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:34:00 PST

phrases, cliches, and oddities

I brought up msnbc.com, and the first thing I saw was this headline. "Cat Saves Family from Gas". wouldn't a simple antacid have done the trick? Somehow I'm getting lots of phrases that frankly, I'd n...
Posted by ***** ATOMIC ***** on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:10:00 PST

stuff about stuff about stuff....

So....I go to Trader Joe's market and buy 4 of 1.5 liter Smart Water bottles. They have been discounted from 1.49 to 1.19. Will the water be less smart, or will it make me less intelligent...
Posted by ***** ATOMIC ***** on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:12:00 PST

Hey....I'm "all 'bout it".....

when I was a kid, I was all about my toys, and the imaginary world associated with them. A cowboy gun - cowboys and indians. 007 toys (yep...they had them in the 60's) - I was "double agen...
Posted by ***** ATOMIC ***** on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:50:00 PST