My background in writing and stand up comedy goes back to my days (in the 1940's and 50's) as well as my learning to write poetry. My twenty four years as a member of the U S Army in both hot and cold wars inspired my artistic endeavors. I grew up being Peck's bad boy, serving time in the state boys reformatory and a brief stint in a State mental institution. The latter served me well because it is closely related to Ken Kesey's, tome, "One flew over the cukoo's nest" I have been writing my story of that stay over the years. The happiest four years of my more...