I was born in September of 1959 in Dade City, Florida, in the doctor’s office, as there was no time to make it to the hospital. I am a sixth-generation Floridian of Cherokee heritage with a mix of English and Irish for good measure. My father was in law enforcement, a motorcycle police officer at the time of my birth. We moved to Gainesville, Florida when I was five, so my dad could follow his career path, originally working for the Alachua Cou...