Ed Stout
estout@bvunet.net
I am a lawyer, but that doesn’t necessarily make me a bad person.
I haven’t
always been a lawyer. At various times in my life, I’ve been someone who:
Tried to dance like James Brown
Taught school for six years
Hopped a freight train in college
Was a child of the 50s who spent countless hours in front of a black and
white television, “Meeska, Mooska, Mousketeer, …;” “Born on a mountain top
in Tennessee … “
Once loved the Cincinnati Redlegs but has since changed allegiance to the
Atlanta Braves
Has hiked the High Line Trail in Glacier National Park
Has seen Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Merle Haggard, George
Jones, Emmylou Harris, Tony Bennett, Robert Earl Keen, Doc Watson, Ralph
Stanley, James Brown, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Jimmie Dale
Gilmore, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Linda Ronstadt, Sam Bush, The Byrds,
Roy Orbison, and Ray Charles in concert.
Is very proud of his family, especially his grandson
Won the ciphering championship in Mrs. Harshbarger’s 4th grade class, West
Milton, Ohio. Don’t laugh-it was my sole academic award until I got to
college.
Coached youth baseball for 20 years
Has never been snow skiing
Is generally familiar with the products of this site’s benevolent sponsors
Was a terrible student at Fairview High School but who turned out to be a
pretty good college student and an even better law student
Went to Abraham Lincoln’s house on his 200th birthday
In high school waffled back and forth between Canoe and English Leather
Operated a freight elevator at Rikes’ Department Store
Now believes Oswald killed JFK, but is still not 100% sure he acted alone
Got very lucky in marriage
Cried when Ole Yeller died and will sometimes tear up at the end of Field
of Dreams
Was born on Flag Day, which may explain my keen sense of patriotism
In my opinion, mine, like George Bailey’s, has been a wonderful life.
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