Who is Rigel??

Meet Rigel.  His real name is Jaime Cooper, and for those of us lucky enough to call him our friend, he has been providing countless hours of entertainment over the years.

I'm sure the first thing you ask is: isn't that friends are for, and what makes him special?

The answers will be revealed to you on a weekly basis, with a new story (past or present) being posted covering such topics as rampaging flying animals, 3am bike rides down the sides of mountains, and break ins involving crow bars and other things that have been turned into weapons.

You may ask yourself from time to time if in fact a person like this actually exists: the answer is yes, the picture above will provide truth (thanks Tera).  Many people have asked the same thing in the past, and have been half amazed to meet him in person, and see that he's actually alive and doing pretty well considering his previous misadventures.

Why a blog for him?  Well, he should really have a book or movie (we're not going to try and go the Tucker Max route here, but...) and as I said before, these stories have kept some of us doubled over for hours laughing ant their obscurity, and struggling to share the story with others because it's just too hard to repeat.

Rigel will be doing most of the work here, picking his favorites along the way and sending them over to be  posted.  For those that know him, please feel free to send me photos to be posted, or make suggestions for stories that should be told, and I'll talk to Rigel about getting them posted.  All names in these stories will be altered to protect people from possible future prosecution or not to destory their chances at running for public office.  We don't worry about Jaime, that opportunity waved "bye bye" to him years ago.

Be warned, some of the postings might create seizure like spurts of laughter, definitely offend some, and make you question his mortality.  Trust me, if Darwin was still with us (he turned 200 the other day) I think he would be completely baffled, and may alter his scientific theories on evolution.

Oh yeah, Rigel is his middle name, it just sounds so much cooler than Jaime, so we're going with that.

The blog makeup will change, this is just the beginning, so buckle up kids.  

First story comes on Monday.