About

Wafer-thin, cute as a button, and as smart as I am good-looking. Born in Illinois, grew up in Kentucky, wound up in Indiana--sort of Abe Lincoln in reverse, except not a Republican, and--so far--not the President of the United States.

Education

• University of Kentucky
• University of Evansville
• Missouri State University
• University of Evansville

Favorite saying

• ""Man is conceived in sin and born in iniquity and he passes from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something." Willy Stark, in "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren. "This is funny."--Doc Holliday's dying words. "Hold my beer for a minute and watch THIS shit."--dying words of my third cousin, Thurlow. "God bless the criminal classes."--Horace Rumpole "If this is dying, I don't think much of it."--last words of Lytton Strachey"