George
- Gender: Male
- Industry: Engineering
- Occupation: Marketing
- Location: Fort Worth : Texas : United States
About Me
I'm a middle-aged dad who loves his tool belt but hates chores and yardwork. My wife describes me as 'scruffy' -- jeans and shirt-tails are the preferred wardrobe. Hawaiian shirts, too. I've lived in Texas my entire life: grew up in Port Arthur (1974 graduate of TJ, '77 graduate of Lamar University), now live and work in Fort Worth. My Parrothead tattoo (for real!) was a 2006 Fathers Day gift. I give thanks every day that coffee remedies the curse of ADD in adults like me. As soon as I can think up an opening line, characters, theme, setting and plot, I'm going to write a novel. And as soon as I can find running shoes in my color, I'll train for my third marathon (yeah, right!). I'm a cancer survivor (2004 -- some REALLY brave people in the treatment centers . . . mine was easy in comparison). My kids say that I talk too much, my wife says I'd talk to a tree, and I do like to write. If you're reading my blogs, you'd better get a cup of coffee, too.
Interests
- Jimmy Buffett
- (a Parrothead from WAY back)
- running
- (trying to return to running . . . what happened?)
- Shiner Bock Beer
- antiquing
- (dragged along by my wife
- eating
- working out
- (trying to avoid 'weight creep')
- touching base with folks from
- Southeast Texas
- Port Arthur
- genealogy
Favorite Movies
- You Can't Take It With You
- Casablanca
- To Have and Have Not
- (Lauren Bacall -- You know how to whistle don't you . . . just put your lips together and blow)
- Second-Hand Lions
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
- My Life as a House
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Cary Grant
- Jimmy Stewart
- Katharine Hepburn
- Robert Duvall
- The Thin Man series
- Indiana Jones
- (I and III)
- Sean Connery
Favorite Music
- Jimmy Buffett
- Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Kris Kristofferson
- Johnny Cash
- Hank Williams
- Pat Green
- (the older stuff but how old could he be?)
- Guy Clark
- Texas Country Music
- (great new stuff!)
- Progressive Country
- (you know
- Austin music from the '70s)
- 3 Fools on 3 Stools
- '70s music
- especially
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Eagles
- Rare Earth
- Stephen Stills
- Van Morrison
- (and
- if you don't tell anybody
- John Denver
- . . . please!)
Favorite Books
- Tom Corcoran
- David Baldacci
- Robert Tannenbaum
- John Grisham
- Viqui Litman
- (she's a good friend . . . someday I'll read one of her books)
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