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TuckerResearch is from the e-mail address I chose to receive all my genealogy related material back in high school, and it sort of evolved into my screen name of choice for all scholarly topics.
I am originally from Killeen, Texas, and earned a Bachelor's degree and Master's degree in History from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. In the fall of 2006, I started work on my Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Arlington, in the novel and exciting field of Transatlantic History. I am now what they call A.B.D. or "All But Dissertation."
I am interested in all aspects of history, but my favorite "just for fun" subjects are the Bible, chronology, and ancient history because I grew up in a Southern Baptist milieu, although after some consideration and study, I would have to say that I am now a Free Will Baptist. On the scholarly front, I've written about Thurber, Texas, and I am currently interested in the history of cartography, especially maps of the early Spanish Empire and mapmakers like Vincenzo Coronelli. I am currently working on the creolization of toponyms in the New World, particularly the mixture of European and Amerindian names in maps of the Spanish and British empires.
But, my historical interests are wide and deep. I also enjoy American politics and have an odd, cursory fascination with British politics, probably because of its historical interest and my admiration for the British Empire. I also have odd and paradoxical interests in Christian theology (particularly Arminianism and soteriology) and hermetica, i.e. the "occult" (particularly the Kabbalah and Christian mysticism). I also enjoy listening to varied types of music (especially those with roots in the American South and Texas), writing songs on my guitar, and poetry. I am also an incurable bibliophile, and, because I am conceited and cocky, I consider myself a polyhistor. But then again, I am arrogant.
Real Name: Gene Rhea Tucker
Location: Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas
Occupation: Adjunct Professor, Graduate Teaching Assistant, and Historian
Curriculum Vitæ: Curriculum Vitæ of GRT
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- Bands and Artists: Aerosmith, Allman Brothers Band, The Animals, Louis Armstrong, Asleep at the Wheel, The Band, The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, The Black Crowes, The Blues Brothers, Jason Boland, James Brown, Buckcherry, Jimmy Buffet, Johnny Bush, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Rodney Crowell, Charlie Daniels, Gavin DeGraw, DJ Screw, Snoop Dogg, Fats Domino, The Doors, Dr. Dre, Bob Dylan, The Eagles, Eminem, The Faces, Kevin Fowler, Peter Frampton, Mickey Gilley, The Grateful Dead, Guns N' Roses, Merle Haggard, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Alan Jackson, Waylon Jennings, B. B. King, The Kinks, Lenny Kravitz, Kris Kristofferson, Stoney LaRue, Chris LeDoux, Led Zeppelin, Lil' Keke, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Marley, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Willie Nelson, Nirvana, Ted Nugent, Gary P. Nunn, Oasis, Old 97's, Roy Orbison, Buck Owens, Gram Parsons, Tom Petty, Pink Floyd, Ray Price, Louis Prima, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jerry Reed, Charlie Rich, Marty Robbins, Johnny Rodriguez, Randy Rogers Band, The Rolling Stones, John Schneider, Bob Seger, Shakira, Frank Sinatra, Ricky Skaggs, Bruce Springsteen, Gary Stewart, Rod Stewart, George Strait, Sublime, Doug Supernaw, George Thorogood, Ernest Tubb, UGK, Townes Van Zandt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jerry Jeff Walker, Gene Watson, Weezer, The Who, Don Williams, Hiram Hank Williams, Randall Hank Williams, Shelton Hank Williams, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Dwight Yoakum, ZZ Top
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- Adherance: An Evangelical Christian, I grew up a Southern Baptist, but I now believe I should say I am a Free Will Baptist and Arminian in the mold of Arminius and Episcopius, not Limborch or Wesley. As an old school Baptist I believe stridently in individual soul liberty and the separation of church and state.
- My beliefs, depending on my mood, may be informed by the Kabbalah, Christian Kabbalah, Messianic Judaism, Gnosticism, Hermetica, Reincarnation, and even some Sufism.
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- Chosen sort of at random: Animal House, Blazing Saddles, The Blues Brothers, The Body, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, The Exorcist, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lawrence of Arabia, Rio Bravo, Major League, Moby Dick, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Patton, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Shenandoah, Spaceballs, The 300 Spartans, The Wrath of Khan, Young Frankenstein, Zulu
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- Fiction: Herman Melville, Oscar Wilde, Umberto Eco, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, Laurence Sterne
- Poetry: Charles Baudelaire, Rumi, Robert Frost, Roy Campbell, W. B. Yeats, Jim Morrison
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- The Andy Griffith Show, Blackadder, Cheers, Family Guy, Fawlty Towers, Frasier, Futurama, The Honeymooners, Monty Python's Flying Circus, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Seinfeld, The Simpsons
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