>CowboysZone Member Name:
SilverBear
>Where are you from originally and where do you live
>now?
Born in Anchorage, Alaska, son of a 20 year Army man... now live in the
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia... in between, I have lived in Germany
twice,
but I call myself a west Texas boy because I did most of my growing up
in
El Paso...
>Occupation?
Currently a night auditor at a businessman's hotel in Winchester,
Virginia... a Wingate Inn... been in the hotel biz for a little over 20
years now... before that, I worked 10 years plus as a golf pro (club
pro)... my Dad was a club pro before me, I kinda followed in his
footsteps
when I quit college...
>Favorite Current Cowboy?
Larry Allen, 'cause he's the best there ever was at what he does... he
ain't a particularly nice guy or a great citizen, but I tend to like
the
very best there is...
>Favorite retired Cowboy?
Two of 'em-- Bill Bates and Walt Garrison... two rather ecletic
choices,
eh?? Shoot me, I have a soft spot in my heart for the overachiever,
and
those 2 define the word...
>Favorite Cowboy moment?
An EASY call-- the Clint Longley Thanksgiving Day game... there's a
story
behind that, but it's a long one, and now's not the time... if you ever
hear it, you'll understand why this is my fave...
Not that there haven't been lots of other semi-favorite moments,
moments of
great pleasure... my first was that late season game in 1960 at the
Giants,
where the Boys TIED their first game... their first ever non-loss, and
my
entire family was goin' NUTS watching it... I was 8 years old at the
time...
>What NFL player would you add to this team?
Peyton, of course... the single most dangerous weapon in the NFL these
days...
>Favorite non-Cowboys NFL team?
Probably the Panthers, I went to a kickoff party just before the start
of
training camp their first season down in Spartanburg, SC (my late
brother
lived there)...
>Team you love to hate?
Philthydelphia Iggles... followed by the Niners, Packers and Skins, in
that
order... it won't take much more BS from the Texans fans for them to
make
this list, bit I'm not there yet...
>Favorite song of all time?
Oh, man... so many, so many...
Jim Croce, Walkin' Back To Georgia (mostly for the incredible guitar
work
of Maury Muelheisen)
Jimmy Buffett, Coast of Marseilles (most beautiful harmonica work I've
ever
heard)
There are two off the top of my head, and I'll bet none of you has ever
heard of either of 'em...
>Favorite Movie?
Braveheart... 2nd favorite, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid... 3rd
favorite, Cool Hand Luke... I've given this one some thought before...
had
no problem with this answer at all...
>Favorite read, any book/magazine/website?
I like anything written by the late John McDonald, known mostly for his
"Travis McGee" series of mysteries... ditto anything by James
Michener...
and good ol' Dan Jenkins, the funniest writer alive today...
>You secretly admire … :
I don't think I secretly admire anybody... if I admire somebody, I tend
to
be pretty upfront about it...
But now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure Salma Hayek doesn't know
I
have the terminal hots for her...
>If you were in the NFL you would play which position?
Probably RB, maybe safety... built short but wide... low center of
gravity...
>Any addictions you wanna admit besides the Dallas
>Cowboys?
Texas Longhorns, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Wizards, Jack Daniels
(LOL),
anejo, playing my guitar and singing, golf, bowling, bein' a PITA on
the
Internet...
>Favorite place to vacation?
My best vacation by far was 3 weeks in Alaska, I dream of 3 weeks
playing
golf in Scotland... St. Andrews (the Grey Lady), Turnberry, Troon,
Muirfield, Gleneagles, Carnoustie...
>Worst place on the planet?
Easy-- Noo Yawk City... if the good Lord in his infinite wisdom ever
decided the world needed and enema, Noo Yawk's where he'd stick the
nozzle...
Think about it, you know I'm right...
>CowboysZone poster you seem to have most in common
>with is?
Well, I do work really hard at being unique, LOL... there aren't many
with
my taste for a good flame war, and my fondness for playin' the fool
every
once in a while, and my passion for good, serious football discussions,
and
my draft mania (and my vulgarity)... even my writing style, mixing
literacy
with a SERIOUS overuse of the ellipse, and the occasional timely lapse
into
West Texas twang...
But the poster who probably comes closest to my style would have to be
Rack, though I seriously hope I'm not perceived as bein' as arrogant as
he
is... not to say I don't like him, understand...
>If we had a CowboysZone Survivor game who would
>win(i.e. not get voted off)?
Well, I wouldn't last a week... but it would probably be somebody like
AdamJT13, who NOBODY disrespects, or one of our Queen Bees
(LaTunaNostra
and WoodysGirl)...
>What features could we add here at this site to make
>it even better for you?
I seriously like it just fine the way it is... it has precisely the
right
level of moderation, I NEED somebody to rein me in from time to time,
and
when these guys step in and do so, they do so while conveying the
impression they like me... I deeply respect that... like the assorted
folks
who seem to have insider info like Dale and BrownSugar and Pittdawg...
And it has all the Cowboys info I'd find on any of the other boards,
too...
I have some fun occasionally over in the Off Topic Zone, where I often
get
a good laugh, and I'm even glad you took the Political Zone off-site...
though I've registered over there, I haven't really even checked it
out...
Nope, no complaints at all... I like everything just fine...
>Would you wear t-shirts, hats or use window/bumper
>stickers with the CowboysZone logo?
You bet your sweet bippy I would... I wear lots of hats and logo-type
shirts anyway...
>Would you be interested in meeting other Zoners in
>your local area?
Sure... I have met a few guys from the assorted boards I've wandered
over
the years, and it was always a nice experience...
>Would you be interested in planning a trip to DFW for
>a game at Texas Stadium?
Well, the truth is I'm pretty po' (not really, the bills get paid
without
too much trouble, but there ain't a lot left over), but one day I'd
like to
see the Texas-OU game, the Texas State Fair and the Cowboys game over
one
long weekend (I have noticed the Boys are always home that weekend, and
I'm
pretty sure it's not a coincidence)...
>Outside of football the person you most admire is?
In the sports world, it would be Jack Nicklaus and Cal Ripken... two
good
men as well as two great competitors...
Outside of sports, probably Jimmy Carter, a very bad President, but a
very
great MAN... his heart is most definitely in the right place...
And Jimmy Buffett... I'd like to get knee-crawlin', commode-huggin'
drunk
with him...
>What is something we would be suprised to know about
>you?
Probably that I'm a really good singer, both because of my voice and
because of my ability to read a song... I'm a picker, too, but I never
pull
my guitar out around REAL players... I learned how to play a little so
I
could accompany myself when I sing...
>The one trait that applies to you that you take the
>most pride in?
I don't pretend to be anything I'm not, either in real life or
online...
that is a matter of pride with me... some folks like me a lot, some
folks
hate me a lot, very few are ambivalent about me...
>What CowboysZone Member do you appreciate the most and
>why?
LaTunaNostra, for draggin' me over here... she came over to what was
then
the SilverStarDigest, and said she was just there to get me to come
over
here... sure am glad I took her advice...
Dale and BrownSugar and Pittdawg for the Insider element... AdamJT13
for
his awesome grasp of the business side of the game... if he says, I
write
it down as gospel, and you KNOW how argumentative I am...
BrownSugar, the board would suck without the feminine touch... she and
LTN
are both terrific girles, and they know their football... gotta love a
girl
who knows more than most guys about football...
And WAY too many to start listing who are just nice guys... heck, YOU
even
qualify on that one...