The Penny King Chronicles, Issue #1: Who is the Penny King?

"They" say a cat has nine lives. I would like to ask "Who the heck are THEY?" My cat has used all nine and then some in a year or less, and he's still alive. My point here is you can't always believe what you hear, like in the case of the infamous Penny King.

A subject of many articles by Alex Gabor, the Penny King has done it all. He buys up pennies, gives financial advice, is into film and music production, and rides an electric bike. He always has a lot to say, but speaks ONLY through the mouthpiece of Alex Gabor--but why?

In another story Alex Gabor refers to the Penny King as a "fictitious"character or hints that he himself is known as the Penny King.

I go back to the cat theory. You can't always believe what you hear. The Penny King is much too elusive to be the makings of one man's imagination. I figured if he was real, he'd be a great character to prey on for a tell-all biography book.

So, if curiosity is the real killer of the cat, then so it would be of me also. I kept thinking how great my book would be, and I'd call it the Penny King Chronicles. I'd interview the infamous Penny King, what makes him tick, what kind of woman he likes, and how he became such an international guru.

I set out on a quest to find the so-called Penny King. I did a little research and found that he likes to hang in Seattle, often offering the homeless a cup of java, or working on film productions. I even heard he joined a band in his spare time. I figured that if worse came to worse, at least I'd find grunge band Pearl Jam and say "hi" to them. I was a fan you know....

The drive mapped out would take 42 hours of steady driving-a cross country road trip that I thought would be THE ultimate experience of a lifetime. I drive from Maryland to Maine all the time, and that's 18 and I can do it nonstop. I figured that my Seattle stint would only take three days with two major stops in between. I wanted to visit a few states along the way.