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!

Friday, January 31, 2003

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January 30, 2003 I’ve been going into work at seven and doing my journal at night. Been getting a lot more done in the office. Today is...
Thursday, January 30, 2003

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January 29, 2003 Several employees on the bubble. Tough decisions but it has to be done. Record territory on Travel Issue. Going to be h...
Wednesday, January 29, 2003

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January 28, 2003 Bumpy financial stuff, but good crew looking at all the data. Very competent comrades. We’ll be fine. Had lunch w...
Tuesday, January 28, 2003

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January 27, 2003 Finished the travel issue editorial, proofed the final output of April issue, found several mistakes. It went out the d...
Monday, January 27, 2003

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January 26, 2003 Took off from Tucson at seven. Nice, peaceful drive. We ate at El Dorado on Saturday night. Great change of pace. I had...
Sunday, January 26, 2003

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January 25, 2003 I had breakfast with writer Tom Miller at Micha’s back on Fourth Ave. this morning. Over huevos rancheros and menudo we...

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January 24, 2003 Kathy and I took off for Tucson last night. Hit all the worst traffic going through Phoenix, Tempe and Chandler. Took a...
Thursday, January 23, 2003

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January 23, 2003 Thomas Charles’ birthday. He’s twenty. Yikes! Took him and his friend JJ out to dinner last night at his favorite Thai ...
Wednesday, January 22, 2003

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January 22, 2003 Staff meeting at eight. Very lively discussion about giving away mags at events like High Noon vs. holding the line an...
Tuesday, January 21, 2003

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January 21, 2003 Went into office and got several items taken care of. Did sell-thru stats on each issue going back two years. Going to...
Monday, January 20, 2003

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January 20, 2003 The TV show I worked on runs this Wednesday. Unsolved History (History Channel) explores the Shootout at the OK Corral...
Sunday, January 19, 2003

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January 19, 2003 Strong day at High Noon Auction out in Mesa. Big show in Convention Center. Great Cowboy stuff. Jana B. came just as I...
Saturday, January 18, 2003

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January 18, 2003 Intended to bail into art today but got none done. Instead, I had my hands full being the camp counselor, a job I do i...
Friday, January 17, 2003

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January 17, 2003 The “Brown” discussion continues. Got an E-mail from Mark Boardman (NPR radio producer) who says, in part, “Yes, it...
Thursday, January 16, 2003

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January 16, 2003 Wild & Wooly, interesting phrase, could be a title of something, could be part of a title, maybe the name of two c...

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January 15, 2003 Missed two appointments. The Cave Creek Museum board of directors had a meeting at 7:30 and I forgot, thought it was 8...
Wednesday, January 15, 2003

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January 14, 2003 Big staff meeting at nine to introduce the staff to the new company. Very positive and exciting. We are finally all on...
Tuesday, January 14, 2003

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January 13, 2003 Up and down day in office. Every path has its puddle and I’ve been getting my socks wet if you know what I mean. ...
Sunday, January 12, 2003

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January 12, 2003 It seems like more and more of our culture and media is becoming fragmented snippets—magazines and newspapers are doi...
Saturday, January 11, 2003

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January 11, 2003 I have been contacted by two women who are writing a paper on Honkytonk Sue, the cartoon character I created in 1977....
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Bob Boze Bell
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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