THIS Rhett Butler Will Never Die

why i continue to try to inspire those suffering from humanity to do things differently, i do not know. i have mentioned before my tres amigos that i have known from high school days. that is 30 years+ that these friendships have endured; even if the connections have eroded to somewhat dismal conditions now. i've got a bug in my butt about making a difference in the world though, and even though the spectre of 50 years of life is hovering over our bodies - i want to make one last stab at helping these fellas. when we were teenagers i found a way to make my life different and led two of these fellas to follow the path i was taking. the other fella probably found this path on his own (at least i think he is too proud or sullen to admit that i could have influenced his decision to follow the Xrist). anyway, these three have followed the Xrist into lifes of boring complacency. and now i think it is time to wake them from that slumber. i now this is all sounding like nonsense, especiall...

It's the birthday of one of the few contemporary novelists to sell a lot of books to young men, Chuck Palahniuk , ( books by this author ) born in Burbank, Washington (1962). He wanted to be a writer in college, but his writing professors didn't like him. So he got a job as a diesel mechanic at Freightliner Trucks, which paid well but made him miserable. He became addicted to drugs and alcohol. And then he moved to a house near a hill that somehow blocked his TV's reception. At first he was unhappy without television, but it inspired him to start reading on a regular basis for the first time since he was a teenager. He discovered the work of contemporary fiction writers like Amy Hempel and Denis Johnson, and they inspired him to start writing fiction of his own. The first novel Palahniuk tried to publish was turned down by a series of publishers because it was too violent and bleak. So for his next novel, he decided to write something even more violent and even more ble...