Craig Shockley
Craig Shockley was born and raised in Colorado. Always a bit confused, he joined the Army instead of the Navy to see the world. But nevertheless, even wrong decisions sometimes work out. During a twenty year career he found himself "visiting" Germany three times, Korea three times, Viet Nam twice, and Panama once. In between overseas tours he resided in several stateside posts but never quite long enough to get caught up on network TV shows. The military has no sympathy.
His military career behind him, but apparently being a slow learner, he went straight back to work for the Department of Defense as a civilian. After another twelve years of toil and drudgery for Uncle Sam he finally said, "Enough is enough", packed up his 401K savings, and set out for parts unknown, which turned out to be Deming, New Mexico.
He now resides with his faithless companion, Ivan the Stupid, an AKC registered German shepherd who really isn't stupid, but is hyperactive and suffering from doggy dementia. An opportunist, Craig is keeping an eye out for an attractive young lady who is willing to commit to a totally noncommittal relationship. He has had very little success in this area.
Craig manages to keep himself busy by participating in area "Cowboy" shooting matches - usually losing badly, drinking beer every Thursday at the VFW, and harassing the editor of "The Deming Headlight" with regular contributions. Although his humorous articles are generally very well received, this may actually be a reflection on the Deming population.
Craig is greatly interested in getting huge sums of money for his work. In fact, his aim is to become as filthy rich as Dave Barry. He says that anyone reading this who would like to help him achieve his goal (the rich part, not the filthy part) is more then welcome to send along an e-mail. For those who feel telephone communications are more appropriate, his phone number is also shown. If there's no answer, call again in a couple of hours. Except on Thursdays, of course.
Articles by this Author
Swamp Coolers
- By Craig Shockley
- Published 12/21/2002
- Of Interest
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Southwest Floor Coverings
- By Craig Shockley
- Published 12/21/2002
- Of Interest
- Unrated
Southwest Mining-a history
- By Craig Shockley
- Published 12/21/2002
- Southwest New Mexico
- Unrated
Fashion in New Mexico-the secret to self-cleaning clothes
- By Craig Shockley
- Published 01/9/2003
- Of Interest
- Unrated
New Mexico is a Sunny State - here's how to avoid getting wrinkles
- By Craig Shockley
- Published 01/10/2003
- Of Interest
- Unrated

