(Translate this site) Search this site Search the bookstore ONE MINUTE SITE TOUR

Deep in the throat of Texas (Text now available in ebook form for any Amazon Kindle compatible device!) This page last updated on or about 11-3-10 a - j m o o n e y h a m . c o m - o r i g i n a l

Site map Latest site updates Site web log(s) Site author

Above is a scan of the actual old fax (artist unknown).

Years and years ago my dad showed me the latest goofy fax making the rounds at his factory office. It was a crude drawing of a stork trying to swallow a frog. The frog had its webbed fore-fingers tightly wrapped around the stork�s neck, preventing the bird from swallowing him. But the frog�s own head was already stuck in the back of the stork�s throat. So everything basically came down to who suffocated first, as to whether the frog was eaten or not. In the 1970s I�d come to find myself feeling a bit like that frog, with Texas playing the part of the stork. Fortunately Texas choked first and spit me back out. Or we both choked simultaneously; whatever the case, I escaped the place pretty much unscathed by the authorities (though Shadow and I did get scarred up in other ways). That�s what happened in a nutshell. For those who'd like to know more, there's the links below.

Please click on a selection below:

• An introduction to J. Staute and Shadowfast

• Too close to the bone; Too close to the bone doesn't offer a lot in supercar antics, but mostly details how Shadowfast and I put ourselves in the Texas pickle to start with.

• No good deed goes unpunished; I frustrate one bad officer's chase-for-fun.

• Kissing the wall; Who knows how to save your ass from an impossible situation? Your subconscious knows-- at least if you've faced something similar once before.

• When push came to shove; One angry officer just doesn't know when to quit.

• Shadowfast versus the tornados; The title pretty well sums it up.

• Heartbreaker; Heartbreaker would mark the sudden shocking end to my long Texas summer that year.