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MINE FALSELY
If it's mine falsely, it just might be yours truly. Agent Tomcat is the preferred moniker of Shawn Thornburg, a Kansas-based freelance artist, photographer, writer, graphic designer, technology generalist, web designer, and Jack-Of-All-Trades who specializes in combining his many different skills in new ways to produce complete creative solutions that few other artists or agencies provide.
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There is a story behind the Agent Tomcat moniker, but it's best told storybook style, so sit back and enjoy the short read!
Once upon a time, a little boy named Shawn (nicknamed SweetPea by his doting mother) loved to stay up and watch Nick-at-Nite. Because of Nick-at-Nite, SweetPea fell in love with a wonderful show called "Get Smart", starring Don Adams and Barbara Feldon as Agents 86 and 99, respectively. Because SweetPea fell in love with "Get Smart", and because he was a rather clumsy and accident-prone little fellow (just like his hero, Agent 86), he decided to call himself Agent 86 in an attempt to shed the SweetPea nickname. The attempt failed, but SweetPea continued to call himself Agent 86 regardless. When Agent 86 grew a little older and discovered the wonders of aviation, he stumbled (being clumsy and all) onto a plane called the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, which had been the United States Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor, and tactical reconnaissance platform since 1974, and he immediately fell in love with it. When Agent 86 grew even older and started living on his own, he met a silly little girl named Cat who referred to him as "her tomcat" (because "tomcat" simply means male cat). Around the same time, he discovered that those around him considered him a "tomcat" because of his many past relationships; it was a misnomer because of the importance he placed on fidelity and abstinence, but since everyone around him was calling him that, and since he already loved the plane that bore the same name, Agent 86 only thought it fitting to combine the nickname he'd picked up as a child with his newly assigned title, and his friends quickly adopted it as well. Thusly, Agent Tomcat was born. His doting mother, however, still calls him SweetPea. The end. |