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Biography
In order to clear up any future confusion, let's take a
moment and let me explain who I am and why I write these
columns each and every week. First off, I was born at a very
early age. I arrived in this world with very little and
still have most of it. It The big war (WWII) was going on
and according to my parents, names were being rationed out.
My Mom was kind of slow and couldn't run very fast. I guess
by the time she got down to the Federal Bureau of Names, all
of the Johns, Jims, and Davids were gone. That was her
story and she stuck with it.
So, according to
what I've been told…she just settled on two names that were the
same, but weren't. As in Peary Perry. As you can imagine, I've heard
every kind of comment that can be made on this matter since I was
born. "Peary Perry…quite contrary…." and so on and so on. Leaving a
message for someone on the phone requires me to maintain a certain
sense of patience. I've been getting comments all of my life, but
this is the first time these people have ever heard a name like
this. Some people (seems to be more and more) just hang up because
they think I'm kidding them or something. I have contemplated using
an alias, but then it kinds of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? The
really weird thing about my name has occurred in the last few years
since voice mail became so popular. I’ll leave a message for someone
and get a return call from him or her asking to speak with ‘Craig’.
Now, I can see how they might think I said, Jerry, Larry or Terry,
but Craig?
The most
original one I ever heard was from some lady on the phone who
started to say something and then stopped in mid sentence…”You know
I'll bet you've heard just about every comment there is and I don't
think I have anything original to say…" That was unique. I won't
bore you with the details of my youth, but just let it be sufficient
to say that I had a good time. Once I was out of high school, I
couldn't afford to go to college, or really want to, so off I went
in the Army. Spent 3 years there, came home and became a cop. Spent
7 years working undercover as a vice squad/ narcotics officer and
then left to go into business for myself. This is where I've been
ever since.
I suppose, I
always wanted to write about life in general. I like people and
think that we need to see the bright side of just about everything.
Humor is good for our souls. . Some years ago, a friend of mine
started a newspaper and asked me to write a weekly column for him. I
goofed around and didn't really put out much effort into what I was
supposed to be doing. I ended up in a creative writing course in a
local college. The instructor asked if any of us ever wrote anything
that had been published. Proudly, I raised my hand. He asked how
often…and I told him that I did, whenever I got the time…. He then
asked me "If you have an opportunity to write and you don't…then why
are you in this course?" I didn't have an answer, so I went back,
sat down and have been knocking these out every week for the past 20
years or so.
If you read
these, you know these are about life and it's many mysteries. I try
to blend in humor, satire, sadness and laughter to everything I
write about. I am always looking for sources for next weeks story. I
think your mind is a muscle and you have to keep using it to stay in
practice. I am constantly looking for something to write about each
and every week. Sometimes, you can see if I’ve had a good week by
the stress that shows up in this column. Most of us have good and
bad weeks in our daily lives. In the near future I will have a web
page that will allow me to get this out to others who have expressed
a desire to read my stories. I appreciate your reading what I have
written. I hope you are able to see the humor and human side of life
that we all experience while we are on planet earth. This writing
thing is a great hobby for me, but is therapeutic as well. If I can
write something that you agree with or that makes you smile and have
a better day…then all of my efforts are certainly worthwhile. I'll
keep on cranking these out as long as you keep reading. Take care,
and have a good day…Remember to be good to yourself….then you’ll be
good to others in your life.
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