Bob Boze Bell's Big Bad Book of Bad Diary Entries

If you've ever wondered what it's like to run a magazine or how crazy my personal life is, be sure to read the behind-the-scenes peek at the daily trials and tribulations of running True West. Culled straight from my Franklin Daytimer, it contains actual journal entries, laid out raw and uncensored. Some of it is enlightening.  Much of it is embarrassing, but all of it is painfully true. Are you a True West Maniac? Get True West for LIFE...Click here!

Thursday, October 31, 2002

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October 31, 2002 It’s Halloween and my staff always makes a big deal about dressing up. I hate this, but this morning my son emailed us...
Wednesday, October 30, 2002

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October 30, 2002 We were coming back from a walk yesterday and I took a good look at Ratcliff Ridge which is smothered with tall, state...
Tuesday, October 29, 2002

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October 29, 2002 Big staff meeting today. Went over the success of the new issue and how to improve our efforts. Had a second meetin...

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October 28, 2002 Power went out three times this weekend. The last time was Sunday afternoon and we were expecting Wonderful Russ over ...
Monday, October 28, 2002

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October 27, 2002 I’m onto something wonderful (12:23 p.m.). I have been experimenting with wild washes and underpainting for some time ...
Saturday, October 26, 2002

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October 26, 2002 Stress and strain with employee relations. Sales vs. production. Age old animosities. Resentment on both sides. Need to...
Friday, October 25, 2002

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October 25, 2002 I had the worst headache I’ve ever had in my life last night. Just a real migraine. Finally went to sleep around 11. Do...
Thursday, October 24, 2002

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October 24, 2002 We are crankin’. Robert Ray has 75 pages in the can for January issue. We’ve never been this far ahead. It has allowed ...
Wednesday, October 23, 2002

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October 23, 2002 Woke up to the sound of gentle rain on the roof this morning. Drank coffee in bed and listened. to the distant rolling...
Tuesday, October 22, 2002

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October 22, 2002 Time, memory and history, the three things I am fascinated with the most. Kathy gave me these while reading about someo...
Monday, October 21, 2002

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October 21, 2002 Finally delivered the 12 paintings to Kierland Commons Resort. Drove down at 11 and dropped them off with Pam Hollingsw...

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October 19, 2002 Computer acting up. Lost yesterday’s entries (and Saturday’s). Ouch! We met Deena at Chompies Deli on Saturday af...
Friday, October 18, 2002

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October 18, 2002 Kathy got sick last night. Bad headache, she took a pain pill, but at about midnite, she threw up. I had a headache als...
Thursday, October 17, 2002

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October 17, 2002 Woke up at three again. Came out and went to work. Finished Climax Jim at 5:12. Two more to go. Rained last night...
Wednesday, October 16, 2002

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October 16, 2002 Woke up at three in the morning mulling all the paintings I have to finish today. Finally got up around 3:45 and came o...
Tuesday, October 15, 2002

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October 14, 2002 More flak from friends and readers saying my journal entries are too negative and will only drive people away from the ...
Monday, October 14, 2002

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October 13, 2002 Back from a weekend in Flagstaff. We left at 10:30 on Sat. morning. Ha. After I made such a big deal about leaving earl...
Saturday, October 12, 2002

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October 11, 2002 Got up teeming with ideas about the “Bullpen” logo. Finished a gouache version and may use it. I still want to do a uti...
Thursday, October 10, 2002

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October 10, 2002 Tough transitions. I stayed home today to try and paint the 6 remaining images for Keirland Commons Resort (it's an...
Wednesday, October 09, 2002

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October 9, 2002 Had lunch with Bob Brink and Chuck Soderstrom from Anderson Distributors. We went to Bob’s private golf club up in Caref...
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Bob Boze Bell's work has appeared in Arizona Highways, Playboy, National Lampoon, the Arizona Republic and True West magazine. For ten years (2002-20012) he did a video version of True West Moments which ran on the Westerns Channel. BBB can currently be seen on the series "Gunslingers" which runs on the American Heroes Channel. Triple B is also the President and executive editor of True West magazine, positions he has held since 1999. He has written a dozen books on Old West characters like Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok and a three-part series (so far) on Classic Gunfights which appear in True West. These popular, heavily illustrated books have sold over 90,000 copies, so far. In 2014 he published a visual memoir of growing up on Route 66 called "The 66 Kid," and he is currently working on a bio of Geronimo. As for retirement, BBB says, "Work is only work if you'd rather be someplace else. And I'm exactly where I want to be."
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