About
A native Texan, I recently retired as an oil and gas landman. In forty years in the oil industry, I've met many interesting people, each with a unique history. I also have BA and MA degrees in history, and the academic training in research and documentation served me well in my career. I think linearly and seek motives for human action. During my career, my questioning nature unearthed interesting familial and commercial backstories, many of which I described in a terrifically manuscript currently undergoing revision.
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Out in the Patch: Forty Years of Cross-Cultural Education
I am a sixty-nine-year-old gay man. The book recalls my orientation and how conflicts between it and the ultra-conservative oil and gas business gave me numerous lessons: humorous, ironic, and amusing. Several proved difficult and embarrassing, but they all taught me a lesson about people - and myself. Of all the folks I've dealt with, no more than five fingers are necessary to count the genuine creeps, which is reassuring.
