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Anthony L. Tinsman, Jr.
"I've got all the time in the world." he jokes.

Anthony Tinsman, 25, has developed a passion for writing and the arts in pursuit of realizing and redeeming himself. His goal matured during the closing days of April 2004, in the Tulsa Regional Medical Center, where he was recovering from serious gunshot wounds inflicted by authorities during his attempted bank robbery.

"It was an opportunity for real insight. I felt obligated to confront my shortcomings rather than ignore them, and maybe, in the process, goof on those loose TV references to Dillinger."

He remains decidedly upbeat because "you'll never be taken seriously without a sense of humor, and I have to make good on a very sobering mistake."
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