“Life is Good.” (original release:3/14/06)

well then.

I don't know how it happens. I think the universe drops these people in my lap. . . who knows.

Tom- the cabbie comes to get us.. he is a stout and gruff man with longish greasy grey hair and a bald spot on the top. He wears dark aviator sunglasses. He dives a lincoln.

John sits in the front seat, and me in the back. I give the guy the google map and we are off.

Within minutes, we find out the following fun facts about Tom:

tom came to orlando after his divorce to stay for three weeks, 32 years later, he is the world's most overstayed house guest
tom has a walkie-talkie, a pager and a cell phone, all of which he used simultaneously while driving.
tom had some shady phone calls, of which he says: "ill hit you back when im *clear*, ive got a 5-9"
tom offered to keep our luggage until we went back to the airport
tom told us we could pay him for both trips at once when he dropped us off
tom was in the army
tom used to hunt, until he came home from the army
tom is a licensed private investigator.
tom has been approached by the KKK, he is not afraid.
tom threatened members of the KKK with his "crazy eye"
tom thinks every cop and fireman in orlando is "on the take"
tom thinks the tv show "the shield" is real
tom says "i can show you things you'd never believe"
tom is in touch with the dark underbelly of Orlando
tom's colleague's wife is cheating. tom knows who with. tom won't tell.
tom's crowning career moment is capturing a man who raped a 74 year old invalid in 1978
tom is crazy after coming out of the army
tom likes women
tom is homophobic
tom prays each night that his sons don't "turn gay"
tom thinks his only daughter is addicted to shopping


tom is our new friend. tom wants us to come back to orlando to write his memoirs :)