My boss, the owner of the company, is a fucking prick. He can’t help it though, he comes from a long line of pricks, he was born into this business and his dad was a bigger prick. That’s just the way a lot of them in the business are. Old timers remember his mom and…
A Message To The Public
Contrary to what you may believe, or what impressions you may be under, the Carnival lot is also someones home. We bust our asses to accommodate you in every possible way. So please stick to the Midway and other public places. Washrooms are provided, so please use them. I don’t know how many times I’ve…
Bad Habits I’ve Picked Up Being On The Road
I like to sleep in my clothes. Even off the road I do it often. I guess I’ve slept a lot of places you just don’t take your clothes off. I don’t know. I’ve slept outside, in bunks with roaches, under trucks…etc. Sometimes when I’m working, and the day is over, and I worked my…
Life Is Not a Journey!
Life is not a journey. It’s about the “now” not the destination. The destination is the grave! Whoever came up with that shit must have been the same one that invented the “Rat race!” The Carny world is about “the moment!” We live in the here and now. I’ve never witnessed depression or anxiety in…
Corporate America and The Carnies
Corporate America has taken over the show in North America. A lot of independents have been kicked off as a result, they can’t have anything on the show now. The Carny family is breaking apart. Big paces of the community leaving. The Carnival life is changing fast. The Carnival was always run by Carnies, that’s…
Stewart Brown A.K.A. (Stuge)
I took a friend with me on the road one year, he fit in perfectly, his name was Stewart, we all just called him “Stuge” because he was so funny. I met him in a big city on the west coast, we met in a hostel actually. He was a total drifter like me. We…
Wanna See My Pecker?
There used to be this old guy that worked games when I was a kid, I can’t remember his name, it was a long time ago. He had been on the road 50 years when I was a kid. He used to ask the girls, walking the Midway, and girls that worked the lot, if…
The Bullshit Media and Carnies!
Here’s the review on it, I’ll tear it apart shortly. (This groundbreaking work based on the author’s time living the carnival life is stupendous. Step right up to the podium and have a good read, folks, the one the only thrilling tale of “carny” life. Make your acquaintance with a world filled with people and…
I Saw Her – The Cheating Wife
She was carrying her heels and straightening her dress as she crept out of the bunkhouse. For her it was late, me, early. This wasn’t the first time I’d witnessed such a scenario . She was a bosses wife and though that meant she wouldn’t fuck one of her own crew it didn’t mean she…
Old Timers
Ah the “Oldtimers!” What a bunch of grumpy old pricks. They have no time for niceties, they don”t give a shit. It’s all about the bottom line. Get the shit set up and get making money.There’s no time for personal drama or any kind of shit. Not like I see in the world today. I…
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Diary of a Carny
- Diary of a Carny – The White Witch December 23, 2022So my 88,000 word Memoir is finally done to the best of my ability at this time. You can find it on Smashwords for free. Written from my many notebooks and diaries I kept over the years, twenty six years. It only covers a season and a half, and focuses on one of the most... […]Kevinmorra
- Sarah October 13, 2008I have a small metal box of mementos of women I’ve known and been with along the way in my travels on the road. Pathetic I know. Sentimental old me. I haven’t been through the stuff in that box in a long time. Rings, necklaces, pictures………. Tonight I was looking in the closet for something... […]kevin
- My Interview On Ballycast February 16, 2008I’d like to thank Wayne Keyser from Ballycast for interviewing me for his podcast. You can catch the podcast here, as well as many others on “Show” people and “Side Show” people. My life and thoughts as a Carny.kevin
- The End May 13, 2007It’s that time of year again, a week ago it was, I’m always on the greyhound the first week of May. Last season I was long gone by this time. It feels strange not going, I think I’ll be fine though, my heart does ache some. I live near a highway in this tiny town... […]kevin
- My Prediction April 25, 2007Carnies are born, they can’t be made. The Carnival Industry has always been made up of a certain type of person. That personality is a transient by nature, not materialistic, existing for the moment. These people do it for the love of it, they need to keep moving, dreaming, living just for this day, tomorrow... […]kevin
- What’s New Lately February 16, 2007About a month after I got off the road, and my visit home, I landed in a city close by and thought I may as well start adjusting to the real world and get a job, any job,just something to keep me occupied. Normally I don’t work in the off season, but considering this off... […]kevin
- On With Life February 16, 2007Ok, I’m finally past the “Feeling sorry for myself” mode. Self pity is comfortable for awhile, then it’s like “Who gives a fuck?”, time to get up and move on, life is so much more fun that way. My life and thoughts as a Carny.kevin
- End of an Era December 24, 2006I find it ironic that my Carny life should end just as the curtain lowers on the Carny Culture of today, it’s last dying exhale. The hard living, road happy people of yesterday are few and far between now, replaced with clean cut, drug free, South Africans or others the shows can import for cheap.... […]kevin
- A Place In The Sun November 23, 2006I’ve always had an incredible long term memory. Aunts and Uncles have commented on it, amazed that I could recall a certain event or place, considering I was 3 years old at the time. In the early winter of 1969 I was a couple of months from my fourth birthday. My brother and I shared... […]kevin
- Shauna (Do you wanna?) November 1, 2006I remember when Shauna was beautiful, back in the days when she turned every mans head. You wouldn’t know it looking at her now though, the young beautiful Shauna replaced with the old worn out hag of a Shauna. When I was a kid I used to follow her around, I had a crush on... […]kevin
- Diary of a Carny – The White Witch December 23, 2022