Where's Yellow Boy?
Speech to UTSI Support Council
August 2007

When Ms. Merriman called and asked if I'd consider giving a talk to the UTSI Support Council, I was honored and humbled to accept your invitation. Honored that supporters of this great educational institution would be interested in what I might have to say; humbled to be at a place where there is so much talent that mine, by comparison, must seem like a weed in a tomato patch. However, since ignorance has never prevented me from voicing an opinion, I'm here to give it...

The Pursuit Of Truth With Fiction
Lecture For Book Signings
December 10 2005, Smithfield VA

... Isn't it grand to be surrounded by things that remind us of our heritage, to see and feel that dust and time that's just beyond the reach of our own lives? To know something of the world our fathers, grandfather, great grandfathers lived in? You know, we live in an age that thinks it knows everything, but understands nothing. As I think, we realize more than we're often willing to admit, there is a profound difference between knowing facts and understanding what they mean. That's the subject of my little talk today -searching, literally pursuing the truth with fiction...    

Crossfire in the Desert: Albert Fountain Vanishes
Presented At Single Action Shooter's Society - SASS - End Of The Trail International Championships
29 April 2005, Albuquerque, NM

If you somehow floated out of your seat (the site of this lecture was about 20 miles east of Albuquerque) and flew due south 160 miles, your flight will pass over the Valley of Fires, a great black lava flow about 10,000 years old, White Sands Missile Range, and the brilliant White Sands National Monument. Just past the monument you'd land on U.S. Route 70 in the middle of the Tularosa basin...