Run-A-Way Bill: A Reviewer

The internet is full of strange and bewildering people. Run-A-Way Bill is one of them. Sure, you might not want to saddle up and run away with him, but there’s something about oddities that draws the eye.

Now I don’t mean to start out by indicating that he’s a scab-ridden creature of mythic lore, no. No, I just should point out that he made it his mission to shed the things he owned (which really owned him), and he drove out of New Jersey without a plan, not settling until he landed in Key West, Florida. So. So, that there tells you all you need to know. Florida, especially Key West, is home to many eccentrics, and Bill fits right in.

So What’s His Deal?

Well, as stated, he left his old life behind for a better one. He explains all on his own website, and I won’t copy/paste too much, but the short version is that he woke up to dirty dishes, an uncut lawn, and an empty dog bowl and realized that the things he had were controlling him. He ditched all that for Key West and slowly started shedding all he had accumulated over his life, until he finally shed enough to head out in search of the 999 best pARTy spots in the United States.

And that’s where his reviews have come in. As he’s criss-crossed the lower 48 (and parts of Alaska), Bill has left reviews in his wake, as well as RAWB stickers:

And I have to admit, as someone whose life has become very focused on reviews the past 10 months, I admire that Bill gets to go out, searching for good food and good people, and just leave the reviews. He’s living free.

And though his politics may be a sticking point (the Florida sun must’ve made him so thirsty he had to drink a bunch of offensive Republican-juice), I still think he could end up contributing to the show in more ways than a mere blog post, even if it’s just a Bill review on an episode. Or he hosts us at a party, who knows? He looks like David Crosby, so it’d be hard to completely find him disagreeable. And his reviews don’t read too poorly either. So we could find worse.

If you’d like to know more about Bill, including his travel schedule if you want to meet up with him, or to read his full story, head over to PartyReptile.com.

Aw snap, he’s got party in the website name. That means we might have no choice than to reach out…