About this site

i am a musician and writer who otherwise pretends – and usually fails – to be a normal person.  i suffer from 2 mental illnesses at last diagnosis.  i was born on the east coast, raised on the west coast, and enlightened somewhere in the middle.

ex-lion tamer is not a “serious” blogger.

Fleshly janglers, open praisers and blamers of themselves or of any other, tellers of trifles, ronners and tattlers of tales, and all manner of pinchers, cared I never that they saw this book. For mine intent was never to write such thing unto them, and therefore I would that they meddle not therewith; neither they, nor any of these curious, lettered, or unlearned men. Yea, although that they be full good men of active living, yet this matter accordeth nothing to them. But if it be to those men, the which although they stand in activity by outward form of living, nevertheless yet by inward stirring after the privy spirit of God, whose dooms be hid, they be full graciously disposed, not continually as it is proper to very contemplatives, but now and then to be perceivers in the highest point of this contemplative act; if such men might see it, they should by the grace of God be greatly comforted thereby.
— The Cloud of Unknowing

“ex-lion tamer” is a song by the seminal late-70’s art-punk band Wire.

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lyrics:

There’s great danger
For the loneliest ranger in town
No silver bullets
Tonto’s split the scene
Next week will solve your problems
But now, fish fingers all in a line
The milk bottles stand empty
Stay glued to your TV set
There’s great danger
At hand most caped crusader of all
No cloak of justice
Robin’s flown the nest

i have no experience or connection with the professional animal handling industry.

no animals were harmed in the making of this blog.

r@d@r is not my real name.

you may contact me via email at the following address:

nosilverbullets[at]yahoo[dot]com

thank you.

thank you all.

show business…

is my life.

UPDATE: a little bit more info can be found here.