I heard from an old friend recently - well, sort of. I found an incoming link to this blog from his. I haven't heard from him in a several years so it was a nice surprise. Here's some of what he wrote:
I know I should not talk Politics in the TWAATFOG bit since it is too cold to ride and you do not want to know about my recent repair adventures on my 19 year old Pick-up truck I am forced down this dark path. It is a slippery slope indeed. My good friend "Walter in Denver" at http://www.walterindenver.com/ once mentioned in passing that a certain (I can't remember) libertarian's comment may have merit, and now look at what he has become. Actually, I do not know if that is how it started but I do remember that about 16 years ago Walter and I did nothing but play golf and drink in Deep Ellum bars never once discussing Politics.
It's certainly true, I wasn't so interested in politics once. But as the saying goes, you may not take an interest in politics, but politics will take an interest in you. And so I became interested in libertarianism, which to this day I think of as the anti-politics, that is, the means to keeping politics out of everyday life. Your kids' education, your marriage, your income, the medicine you take, none of that is any business of government.
BTW, Deep Ellum was quite a place. It looked and sounded a bit like this -
Posted by Walter at January 27, 2008 10:10 PM
Glad I linked to your site, I wish I would have thought of it sooner. I have no contact info for you, lost a Hard drive last year. Drop a line when you have a chance so we can get caught up. Glenn.
Posted by: Glenn at January 28, 2008 07:22 AMI wish I knew what year this was because I was probably hanging around Deep Ellum that time too.
The Rev is bascially what Gene Vincent would have been like on a meth binge.
Deep Ellum was fun as hell, and I probably vomited in every bar. I saw Mudhoney and Nirvana at Trees not knowing who the hell they were, probably for under $10 dollars.
The youtube page says they were at Tommy's opening for the Stray Cats.
Posted by: Walter at January 30, 2008 08:49 PM