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The Devil's Gridiron
Desert Rat in a Concrete Jungle
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"They communed with the earth and the macrocosm of the playa in symbiotic rapport; and they knew the riches of the earth and were rewarded beyond imagination; and when they returned to the concrete jungle and the Devil's Gridiron, the hardships for the lions in winter were indeed profound . . ."
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Table of Contents
| XVI | A New Beginning | 04/05/2006 - Present | |
| XV | Picking Up The Pieces | 09/02/2005 - 12/24/2005 | |
| XIV | Renaissance | 01/30/2005 - 08/11/2005 | |
| XIII | Struggling Onward | 07/28/2004 - 01/14/2005 | |
| XII | Traveling With Shelly (Kansas to Arizona) | 07/16/2004 - 07/26/2004 | |
| XI | Traveling With Shelly (Arizona to South Dakota) | 06/28/2004 - 07/16/2004 | |
| X | The Edge Of Sanity | 03/03/2004 - 07/06/2004 | |
| IX | Moving On | 12/04/2003 - 02/18/2004 | |
| VIII | And Hatcher Runs Through It | 08/17/2003 - 11/25/2003 |
Memphis Blues: Desert Rat in a Tennessee Rainforest
| VII | Memphis Blues: The Final Chapter | 06/28/2003 - 08/30/2003 | |
| VI | But The People Are Friendly! | 02/08/2003 - 06/26/2003 | |
| V | Well, We're Here! Now What? | 10/27/2002 - 02/05/2003 | |
| IV | One More Time | 10/17/2002 - 10/25/2002 | |
| III | House Hunting | 10/08/2002 - 10/15/2002 | |
| II | Delivering The Vehicles | 10/05/2002 - 10/07/2002 | |
| I | The Bad Times | 12/21/2001 - 10/04/2002 |
| Enter |
| Date Sort | Title | Subject 1 |
XVI - A New Beginning
| 04/11/2009 | Reign of Terror Draws To A Close |
| 02/20/2009 | Bureaucracy and the Common Man |
| 07/18/2008 | Telephone Snex |
| 04/23/2008 | Tern Revisited |
| 03/05/2008 | The Tern Has Wormed |
| 11/30/2007 | In Memory of Evel Knievel |
| 11/14/2007 | Naughty Ladies of Shady Lane |
| 10/09/2007 | So That's Our Problem. . . |
| 09/19/2007 | It Works Both Ways |
| 06/27/2007 | Package From Hell |
| 06/21/2007 | On and On, and On. . . |
| 03/28/2007 | Schmuckers and Cluckers |
| 03/23/2007 | Therapy by Automaton |
| 02/26/2007 | Physical Intimidation |
| 12/28/2006 | Wild Chickens Terrorize Phoenix Neighborhoods |
| 11/05/2006 | Birds of a Feather |
| 10/24/2006 | Kooks and Clucks |
| 06/18/2006 | A Tribute Thailand |
| 04/09/2006 | The Dynamo |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
XV - Picking Up The Pieces
| 12/24/2005 | Christmas Eve |
| 12/15/2005 | Bah, Humbug |
| 12/04/2005 | Virtual Wilderness |
| 12/03/2005 | Marital Bliss |
| 11/30/2005 | Take Me, Joe Arpaio |
| 11/23/2005 | Where Are The Children? |
| 10/25/2005 | A Moment of Silence |
| 10/23/2005 | Site Renovation |
| 10/16/2005 | Little Chicken Legs |
| 10/13/2005 | A Meager Response |
| 10/10/2005 | The Attack Goes On |
| 09/28/2005 | Renaissance |
| 09/02/2005 | Outrage In New Orleans |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
XIV - Renaissance
| 08/11/2005 | Gimmie a Break! |
| 07/28/2005 | Staying Grounded in the Heat |
| 07/27/2005 | Under Siege |
| 06/14/2005 | The Teeth Cleaning |
| 05/31/2005 | The Coastal Highway |
| 05/18/2005 | Into Thin Air. . . |
| 05/15/2005 | . . .And One Backward |
| 05/13/2005 | The Real Friday the Thirteenth |
| 05/04/2005 | Freakonomics |
| 05/02/2005 | Freedom! |
| 04/13/2005 | What, Again? |
| 04/12/2005 | Friday the Thirteenth |
| 04/11/2005 | Not Quite |
| 03/30/2005 | Day Seventeen |
| 03/29/2005 | Day Sixteen |
| 03/28/2005 | Day Fifteen |
| 03/25/2005 | Day Twelve |
| 03/21/2005 | Day Eight |
| 03/19/2005 | Day Six |
| 03/17/2005 | Day Four |
| 03/16/2005 | Day Three |
| 03/14/2005 | Day One |
| 03/13/2005 | My Foot! |
| 02/27/2005 | The Green Red Show |
| 02/15/2005 | Saga of the Refrigerator |
| 01/30/2005 | When It Rains, It Pours |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
XIII - Struggling Onward
| 01/14/2005 | And We Didn't Think We Could Make It! |
| 12/22/2004 | Graveyard Doldrums |
| 12/17/2004 | The Great Christmas SPAM Scam |
| 11/26/2004 | Turned On Our Heads |
| 11/24/2004 | Sting of the Scorpion |
| 11/01/2004 | 101,265 / 3000 = 33 and Change |
| 10/23/2004 | Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk |
| 10/22/2004 | Dust Mites, Foot Fungus, and other TV Vermin |
| 10/20/2004 | Paradise Lost |
| 10/19/2004 | It's About Time (TV-B-Gone) |
| 09/08/2004 | Best Drunk I Ever Had |
| 08/15/2004 | A Typical August Evening in the Valley |
| 08/10/2004 | Bait and Switch |
| 08/09/2004 | What Was That Again? |
| 07/31/2004 | It's Just How I Feel |
| 07/28/2004 | Sky Harbor Blues |
| 07/20/2004 | Yup, I'm Back |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
XII - Traveling With Shelly (Kansas to Arizona)
| 07/26/2004 | Got 'Em All |
| 07/25/2004 | Beautiful Pictures |
| 07/25/2004 | I Botched It... |
| 07/25/2004 | Two Ways Around |
| 07/25/2004 | Wow! |
| 07/24/2004 | Told You Wrong |
| 07/24/2004 | Washout! |
| 07/23/2004 | Hard to Believe |
| 07/23/2004 | Bring It On |
| 07/23/2004 | Finally Home |
| 07/23/2004 | Day Late and a Dollar Short |
| 07/23/2004 | Want Some Rain? |
| 07/21/2004 | Happy to See You |
| 07/20/2004 | Liberal to Home |
| 07/19/2004 | I'm In Liberal |
| 07/19/2004 | Hey L-- |
| 07/19/2004 | I Only Made It to Dodge |
| 07/18/2004 | Our Visit |
| 07/17/2004 | Leslie C. Koontz Farm |
| 07/16/2004 | Arrived in Hanston #2 |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
XI - Traveling With Shelly (Arizona to South Dakota)
| 07/16/2004 | Columbus to Hanston |
| 07/16/2004 | See You Tomorrow |
| 07/15/2004 | Still Raining |
| 07/15/2004 | Old School Norwegian |
| 07/15/2004 | Bed and Breakfast |
| 07/15/2004 | Hanston Visit |
| 07/15/2004 | Tornado Warnings |
| 07/15/2004 | Fast Answer |
| 07/15/2004 | Power Outages |
| 07/15/2004 | Wherever You Are |
| 07/14/2004 | Brookings to Columbus |
| 07/13/2004 | Brookings |
| 07/12/2004 | Grand Island to Brookings |
| 07/12/2004 | As the Week Progresses |
| 07/12/2004 | And a Cream Colored PU |
| 07/12/2004 | Humuggity |
| 07/11/2004 | Coming Across Colorado |
| 07/11/2004 | Birthday Party |
| 07/09/2004 | Long Hair and Short Grass |
| 07/09/2004 | Everything Soggy |
| 07/09/2004 | Made It to Moab |
| 07/06/2004 | A Safe Trip |
| 07/06/2004 | Good 4th, But It Was On the 5th |
| 07/03/2004 | Thanks For the Sunshine |
| 07/03/2004 | Borrowed Hair |
| 07/02/2004 | Duncrossing |
| 07/02/2004 | Bottled Sunshine |
| 07/01/2004 | Movie Theater |
| 07/01/2004 | Sunshine For Rain |
| 07/01/2004 | Unfixable |
| 06/30/2004 | Cats and Dogs |
| 06/28/2004 | Hailed Out |
| 06/28/2004 | Smoke and Mirrors |
| 06/28/2004 | All Gone |
| 06/28/2004 | Cute as a Bug in a Sow's Ear |
| 06/28/2004 | MY DARLING AUNT |
| 06/28/2004 | Grandkids |
| 06/28/2004 | Hey! |
| 06/28/2004 | Hey Shelly! |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
X - The Edge Of Sanity
| 07/06/2004 | Traveling With Shelly |
| 07/03/2004 | Who Says K-Mart Sucks? |
| 07/02/2004 | Paw Of The Fox |
| 06/19/2004 | Definitely a Commie Plot |
| 06/17/2004 | It's In The Genes |
| 06/04/2004 | . . .Begs the Question? |
| 05/13/2004 | Work On Foxpaw Server Continues |
| 05/03/2004 | What Was That Again? |
| 04/12/2004 | No Wuss. . . |
| 03/25/2004 | Anguish |
| 03/16/2004 | Relief |
| 03/07/2004 | Emergency II |
| 03/04/2004 | The Emergency |
| 03/03/2004 | Oh, Well. . . |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
IX - Moving On
| 02/18/2004 | Explosion |
| 02/17/2004 | Commute II |
| 02/16/2004 | Hello Again? |
| 02/14/2004 | Valentines' Day: Of Mogwais And Men |
| 02/13/2004 | Dogs In A Manger |
| 02/12/2004 | Fifth Largest City |
| 02/05/2004 | The Commute |
| 01/31/2004 | Cosmic Collision Averted |
| 01/17/2004 | The Shower |
| 01/17/2004 | The Hole Enchilada |
| 01/16/2004 | 23rd Month Anniversary Revisited |
| 01/06/2004 | Bait and Switch |
| 12/31/2003 | One More Time. . . |
| 12/26/2003 | Finally Over |
| 12/25/2003 | Christmas |
| 12/24/2003 | Christmas Eve |
| 12/23/2003 | It Looks Like A Normal Day - Only Uglier |
| 12/22/2003 | Christmas Eve Eve Eve |
| 12/21/2003 | 23rd Month Anniversary |
| 12/18/2003 | Second Life / First Wife |
| 12/15/2003 | Universe Controlled by Dark Matter |
| 12/08/2003 | FoxPaw Server Retrieved |
| 12/08/2003 | Smack! Turkey After Thanksgiving |
| 12/07/2003 | Four Chairs, Three Boxes and a 45 lb Calculator |
| 12/06/2003 | The Flu Clinic |
| 12/04/2003 | Back In The Saddle |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
VIII - And Hatcher Runs Through It
| 11/25/2003 | And Hatcher Runs Through It |
| 11/24/2003 | Misfire |
| 11/22/2003 | The Last Move |
| 11/17/2003 | Disclosures |
| 11/15/2003 | Scott Simon Essay On Blogs |
| 11/11/2003 | One More Time |
| 11/10/2003 | Home At Last |
| 11/09/2003 | Like Londontown |
| 11/08/2003 | Carrying On |
| 11/07/2003 | The Great Panjandrum |
| 11/07/2003 | At Peace |
| 11/06/2003 | No Rest For The Wicked |
| 11/05/2003 | Myrtle Mae Williams Obituary |
| 11/05/2003 | A Sign Of Better Times To Come |
| 11/04/2003 | Picking Up the Pieces |
| 11/03/2003 | Take Me, Lord! |
| 11/02/2003 | The Truth Shall Set Her Free |
| 11/01/2003 | A Gorgeous Little Brown Doll |
| 10/31/2003 | Lyin' and Carryin' On |
| 10/30/2003 | The Anvil Drops |
| 10/29/2003 | The Omen |
| 10/14/2003 | Welcome Back To Phoenix |
| 09/18/2003 | Back to Earth |
| 09/18/2003 | Looking for Property |
| 09/03/2003 | The Ugly American |
| 08/30/2003 | Catching Up |
| 08/27/2003 | Finally Routine - Almost. . . |
| 08/26/2003 | That's Why The Utilities Are Paid |
| 08/24/2003 | It's a Pretty Apartment, But. . . |
| 08/23/2003 | Day of the Deep Sockets |
| 08/22/2003 | Getting On With It |
| 08/20/2003 | Apartment Hunting |
| 08/19/2003 | The Perfect Storm |
| 08/18/2003 | Other Woes |
| 08/17/2003 | Welcome to Phoenix |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
VII - Memphis Blues: The Final Chapter
| 08/30/2003 | Culture Shock |
| 08/29/2003 | Finally Done |
| 08/20/2003 | It's Murder, Especially the TV |
| 08/17/2003 | B-O-R-I-N-G |
| 08/16/2003 | Practice Makes Perfect |
| 08/15/2003 | Up, Up, And Away |
| 08/14/2003 | Last Minute Crime Update |
| 08/13/2003 | The E.R. |
| 08/12/2003 | One More Cup |
| 08/11/2003 | Un-Nerving, Penske! |
| 08/05/2003 | Return Flight |
| 08/04/2003 | Tickets or Tires? |
| 08/03/2003 | Three Days and a Dozen NPR Stations |
| 08/01/2003 | Bon Voyage |
| 07/30/2003 | Not To Worry |
| 07/29/2003 | Don't Blame Us; It's Where We Come From |
| 07/28/2003 | Strange, But True |
| 07/27/2003 | Logs and Garbage Bags |
| 07/26/2003 | Orpheum Theater, Take Two |
| 07/25/2003 | The Orpheum Theater |
| 07/25/2003 | The Heat Is On |
| 07/25/2003 | 300,000 Houses Without Power |
| 07/23/2003 | Storm Windows and Skeeter Bites |
| 07/23/2003 | Hound Of The 'Hood |
| 07/22/2003 | Heat and Humuggity |
| 07/22/2003 | Memphis Wind Storm of 2003 |
| 07/19/2003 | A Drive Up Elvis Presley Boulevard |
| 07/14/2003 | Two Weeks Notice |
| 07/13/2003 | The Pink Palace |
| 06/30/2003 | Free At Last |
| 06/28/2003 | Deja Vous All Over Again |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
VI - But The People Are Friendly!
| 06/26/2003 | Torn |
| 06/24/2003 | I Shot Him, But He Deserved It |
| 06/15/2003 | Memphis Radio Stations |
| 06/10/2003 | Elvis Week on WKNO |
| 05/31/2003 | Hair On a Stick |
| 05/29/2003 | The Great Water Main Caper |
| 05/28/2003 | Of Race and Other Dubious Relations |
| 05/10/2003 | The Mexican Cuisines of Memphis |
| 05/04/2003 | Muddy Waters and Other Weather Phenomena |
| 04/27/2003 | Hernando's Hideaway |
| 04/26/2003 | Dr. James D. Guest, DDS |
| 04/26/2003 | Entertainment |
| 04/20/2003 | Essential Overkill |
| 04/17/2003 | Railing Against 'Reality' |
| 04/12/2003 | I Trump! (and it ain't Donald) |
| 03/30/2003 | Lumpy Liquid Mystery |
| 03/29/2003 | Mystery of Tchulahoma and Other Phenomena |
| 03/18/2003 | Deja Vu. . . |
| 03/17/2003 | Where It's At . . . |
| 03/10/2003 | Finally Broke The Code! |
| 03/04/2003 | Capillaries |
| 03/02/2003 | Howcum? |
| 03/01/2003 | A Strange Element of Truth |
| 02/25/2003 | Routing of the Outing |
| 02/24/2003 | The Original 70's Adventure Game |
| 02/23/2003 | I'm Glad You Asked |
| 02/15/2003 | The 'Hood |
| 02/12/2003 | Interpersonal Communication In The Workplace |
| 02/11/2003 | Really Friendly! |
| 02/08/2003 | But The People Are Friendly. . . |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
V - Well, We're Here! Now What?
| 02/05/2003 | ***sigh*** : - ( |
| 01/31/2003 | Start Date |
| 01/31/2003 | Letter |
| 01/27/2003 | Cities and Towns Run Amuck |
| 01/21/2003 | Answers |
| 01/21/2003 | Questions |
| 01/21/2003 | Offer |
| 01/12/2003 | Yet More Comparisons |
| 01/07/2003 | More Comparisons |
| 01/06/2003 | Mogwais in the Woodwork |
| 01/01/2003 | Lunch |
| 12/18/2002 | 2nd Interview |
| 12/09/2002 | Interview |
| 12/09/2002 | Onward. . . |
| 12/08/2002 | Resume |
| 11/19/2002 | Weather Like Never Before |
| 11/13/2002 | Crime Doesn't Pay Well Enough |
| 11/12/2002 | Seriously, Though. . . |
| 11/08/2002 | Ambulance Chasers |
| 11/03/2002 | The Culture of Entertainment |
| 11/02/2002 | Security in the 'Hood |
| 11/01/2002 | The Rainforest |
| 10/30/2002 | School Board Wars |
| 10/28/2002 | Shades of Eddie Murphy |
| 10/27/2002 | Plucked Out of Email |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
IV - One More Time
| 10/25/2002 | Whew! |
| 10/24/2002 | Muscles With A Vengeance |
| 10/23/2002 | Cockroach Hotel |
| 10/22/2002 | Back On Our Heads In Yogurt |
| 10/21/2002 | Fog |
| 10/20/2002 | Mileage Blues |
| 10/19/2002 | On The Road Again |
| 10/18/2002 | So Close We Can Taste It |
| 10/17/2002 | Down To Business |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
III - House Hunting
| 10/15/2002 | The Return Flight |
| 10/14/2002 | Welcome to Memphis |
| 10/12/2002 | Slumlord |
| 10/11/2002 | Home |
| 10/09/2002 | Culture Shock? |
| 10/08/2002 | A Beginning |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
II - Delivering The Vehicles
| 10/07/2002 | Oklahoma City to Memphis |
| 10/06/2002 | Albuquerque to Oklahoma City |
| 10/05/2002 | Phoenix to Albuquerque |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
I - The Bad Times
| 10/04/2002 | It's Done! |
| 02/26/2002 | Fast Forward |
| 02/18/2002 | Soul Mate Laid Off |
| 02/15/2002 | Laid Off |
| 02/06/2002 | The Ugly Americans |
| 01/24/2002 | Mom |
| 01/21/2002 | Jeep Stolen |
| 01/20/2002 | Maynard Fox Obituary |
| 01/18/2002 | Dad's Death |
| 12/21/2001 | Del Sol Wrecked |
| Index | Title | Subj | Nav | Top | Back |
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