Let's see. How do I sum up who I am in 500 words or less? Well, I am a recovered addict, a recovering attorney and quite possibly a borderline alcoholic. My life has been, and at times still is a contradiction. I have lived on both sides of the law. I have lived with complete debauchery and indulged at will in my excesses while feeling deeply spiritual in doing so. I found myself living on and frequently crossing over that extremely fine line that separates sanity and insanity. I have lived with extraordinary highs while wallowing in the depths of depression. I have owned the world only to have lost it all and found my life. I am an artist, a writer, a poet (okay, so they've only been limericks), an educator and a dreamer. I have been abusive in my attitude towards people with impunity in one moment only to show considerable avuncularity towards them the next. I love my family and my wife although I have let them all down at least once at some point in my life. I miss Donald C. Kidwell, Hunter S. Thompson, George Carlin, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and all of the brain cells I have lost to drugs and alcohol through the years. I make it a point to at least try to better myself in some small way each and every day. I am W. Max Kidwell, and I hope you will enjoy my rants, tirades, harangues, thoughts and musings.