TheRightFieldLine
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Location | St. Clair Shores, MI, United States |
| Introduction | A farm boy in Minnesota, I acquired my first rifle at 5 and my shotgun at 9. At 10, I was living in Duluth, in a tough neighborhood. So I sawed off the barrel of my rifle and whittled a pistol grip. The farm boy was now ready for life in the city. In the army I expanded my repertoire to the M1, the bazooka, machine guns and other things that make loud noises. It was a blast, and I didn't have to pay for the ammo. Along the way, I broke bones playng football and spilled blood on hockey rinks. No regrets. Sports were a blast. Still are. I spent two years at two elite universities, but got my education at the University of Minnesota. A career journalist, I loved my craft until it took up social emgineering in the mid-90s. An industry that had welcomed bright, witty and irreverent free-thinkers was suddenly filling up with not-so-bright leftist zealots on a mission. So I quit. Since then, I have skated, roller-bladed, skied, sailed, canoed, worked out, traced my family roots, honed my churlish side and set up this blog. The old instincts are coming back. Life is good. |
| Interests | history, liberal insanity, sports, academic madness, journalistic malpractice, fitness, conservatism, economics, freakonomics, grandchildren |
| Favorite Movies | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Casablanca, Cool Hand Luke, Nobody's Fool, Slap Shot |
| Favorite Music | country, classical |
| Favorite Books | Intellectuals (Paul Johnson}, Steinbeck novels, Dostoyevsky novels, Tom Wolfe |