> C'mon, now, Doug-Baby! ... Gimme a break, already!

> Let's NOT get our *&$!# bowels in an uproar! Just having some fun ...
> nothing serious, I assure you. Anyway, why the hell do you think they
> dubbed me "Arrogant Teacher?" Just living up to my name,
> Man ... that's all! American? Of course I am. In the epic words of
> one Stanley Kowalski (Brando - 1951), "What I ham is one hundred
> pu-cent American. Ahm bawn and raised in duh greatest country on dis
> oith, n'ahm prowd of it!" "CAREFREE and full of
> ignorance"...??? No way, Jos! I can't afford such luxury.
> "Holier than thou" attitude...??? No doubt, you'd acquire
> greater insight on that issue from my first wife, Buddy! "The
> world's best English teacher" ...??? POOEY! No interest
> whatsoever! In fact, I spent 28 fantastic years in the rle of
> professional musician, and WHY I ever left the fold for this jive
> remains, to this day, the greatest enigma of my life.

> I'm certain you've got me figured all wrong, Pal. B-U-T, should you
> feel more comfortable with an enemy-image to help you get through
> each and every day, PLEASE BE MY GUEST. Just don't make any damned
> effigies of me to stick pins into! OUCH! I'm ultra-sensitive to that
> sort of thing!

> Cheers,
> The Arrogant One

YEAH I KNOW YOUR JUST BEIN YOU...THATS NO PROBLEM. YOU SEE I HAPPEN TO BE A CANADIAN SO AUTOMATICALLY I AM PRONE TO SENSITIVITY..CANT HELP IT REALLY. I CANT BELIEVE YOU DROPPED A LIFE OF MUSIC, TRAVEL, BINGE DRINKING AND A## FOR THIS. YOU MUST HAVE DONE ALRIGHT DOIN YOUR THING ON STAGE TO DIDNT YOU? YOU MUST HAVE PLAYED IN ENOUGH CHURCH HALLS AND CHILDRENS BIRTHDAY PARTIES TO EARN A LIFE BETTER THAN THIS. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TEACHING AND WHAT PLACES DO YOU RECOMMEND THAT YOU HEARD OF SO FAR THAT ARE HALF DECENT FOR IGNORANT, OVER-EMOTIONAL, ILLITERATE CANUCKS LIKE ME.
GO KERRY!!
DOUG