Randall Manning

God bless you all, my brothers and sisters...I love you and miss you all...What do I tell you? I am not govenor or something else save for the exception, an activist for peace in trouble with Youtube...Oh well...I have severe post traumatic stress disorder which seams to get worse with time...damned the memories that creep upon me in the night...What happened? Lots of things happened in the Peace Corps after the Marines...In the Peace Corps I was in a kill or be killed situation more than once and since I am here you can imagine what happened...I turn my mind to the beautiful earth when I can...but...I don't like digging up the dead as it gives me the chills, however, they have much to say in spite of it all and archaeology is a passion...Please don't think I am grim but it has been a a long road home and I will make it in spite of all the medication and therapy or maybe because of it...Perhaps that is why I am still here...

What happened to the days when I would listen to Manheim Steamroller on virgin vinal after everyone was long gone from the football game at Roosevelt Park just before dismantelling the sound system at the stadium untill the next week's game...Do you remember the fireworks show? If you only knew the hell Kurt Haeker, Tom Joyce and I created in light of the Monkey Wrench Gang such as rollerball, chasing rabbits or the dragstrips we made in my green and white Datsun and burning up KKK shrines...Craziness and contrary to the notion of my straight lifestyle...I even smoked some weed once in a while.