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!

Tuesday, December 31, 2002

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December 31, 2002 Last day. What a year! I can’t complain about much of anything. I’m doing what I love to do. How many can say that? ...
Monday, December 30, 2002

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December 30, 2002 Brad Radina (EJ’s dad) sent me the Top Seven Reasons Not to Bait Javelina for A Relative: 7. Once you're made ...
Sunday, December 29, 2002

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December 29, 2002 I rarely get headaches but I had one almost all day yesterday. Didn’t get jack done, just vegged around and took two ...
Saturday, December 28, 2002

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December 28, 2002 Studio woes. Another bird in here this morning (two yesterday). They’re coming in thru the dog door, then they fly ar...
Friday, December 27, 2002

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December 27, 2002 We got hit hard last night by the Javelina biker gang. All the doors were shut, but they pushed in the side door of t...
Thursday, December 26, 2002

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December 26, 2002 I plan to finally get our Christmas cards out today. Here’s the fifth paragraph (written in third person of course) “...
Tuesday, December 24, 2002

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December 24, 2002 Soggy and soaked. Sky socked in with clouds. Still dark (6:54 a.m.). Expecting snow on Black Mountain. Thought is mig...
Monday, December 23, 2002

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December 23, 2002 Wet and soggy out. Still dark (7:23 a.m.). Great day yesterday. Had the staff Christmas party at the Daiss spread. Ab...
Sunday, December 22, 2002

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December 22, 2002 One of my best friends celebrates his birthday today. Charlie Waters is 55. I sent him Tommy’s CD (Tommy’s middle nam...
Saturday, December 21, 2002

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December 21, 2002 Business meetings all morning yesterday. I have been wearing a tie for the past three days (much to the shock of my s...
Friday, December 20, 2002

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December 20, 2002 Great birthday yesterday. Deena and Kathy took me to lunch at the Cracked Crab, then came back to the office and Caro...
Thursday, December 19, 2002

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December 19, 2002 Wall to wall meetings yesterday. Started at the Cave Creek Museum board of director’s meeting at 8 a.m. and ended wit...
Wednesday, December 18, 2002

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December 18, 2002 Feeling almost giddy. If you go back and read the business timeline you will see many very dark moments when it seem...
Tuesday, December 17, 2002

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December 16, 2002 That darn Santa is amazing. After asking for $100Gs (see Sunday’s entry), I came into work yesterday and was immediat...
Monday, December 16, 2002

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December 15, 2002 I did absolutely no work yesterday. I had big plans, but I was a slug. Built a fire, took a nap. went for a walk, fed ...
Saturday, December 14, 2002

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December 14, 2002 Missed a dental appointment on Wednesday. Didn’t check my phone messages until Thursday night and missed their tickle...
Friday, December 13, 2002

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December 13, 2002 Lots of business to attend to. We just landed a major account that does 1,800 orders a day and they have agreed to pu...
Thursday, December 12, 2002

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December 12, 2002 Got untracked yesterday and production finished the Christmas card and got it down to printer. Robert Ray ran herd on...
Wednesday, December 11, 2002

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December 11, 2002 The air feels wet and cold. It’s overcast. Started a fire in studio stove. Kind of grumpy today. Irritated at my prod...
Tuesday, December 10, 2002

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December 10, 2002 Got a small Christmas tree on Sunday ($45 cash). Kathy decorated it. Looks very nice. Jana and I went to lunch ...
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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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