Engineer, actor, intellectual, mal vivant. Living in the wilds of East Nashville, next to the railroad tracks. I've been called abrasive, intimidating, and stiff, all of which are somewhat accurate. I am a lousy conversationalist, but a decent correspondent.
If food was awesome, like Cici’s or something, everyone would come to school.
— Anonymous student in my first period creative writing class, on what Memphis City Schools should do with the potential $93 million Gates Foundation grant money.