Nine Lives but Who's Counting? He is. This book is a mostly humorous, sometime sad, true story of the life of Mike Oringderff, a military man with an unbelievable past history of almost "biting the bullet." Whether it was having been shot at over 20 times, stabbed twice, beaten in bar fights, flying off mountains at 80 miles per hour or any of the other near death experiences, he has gone on to a very successful career in the military. Having a reputation of being a black sheep for most of his life, he looks back over his past with humor and wit that will keep you laughing out loud and then suddenly you may turn to tears. He's had a beer with Willie and been undercover with two of the most incompetent police officers in history. His wife wants you to know this book was not written posthumously, but she doesn't know why