The Author believes in the following: paper, tin, ten, metal interchangeable money, resolving issues of the past with solutions of the future, stem-cell research, the space program, a tender and kind word vs. a hard and fast hand, patience, risk taking, women (in certain regards), literary experimentation, the ever expanding male ego as a driving force for creative vision, booze, and paying bills late just to stick to “the man”. He lives in Wilmington, NC.