I am an American who was born in the little college town of Bloomington, Indiana. I later moved to the Atlanta, Georgia area at age 28 where I have lived ever since. I turned 67 in 2006. I am the second oldest in a family of 4 boys.

Concerning educational background. I completed my undergraduate B.A. degree at Indiana University and also attended John Herron Art School. I then continued on to complete my post-graduate degree at John Marshall Law School. My academic studies reflect both my analytical and creative tendancies (a scary kind of split-personality), ranging everywhere from mathematics and fine art to law. However, I ended up following whatever path paid me the most money. I am not sure this has been the wisest method for choosing one's career. But it has paid the bills on time.

Along the way, I became interested in computers. For you younger people reading this, you may not know or remember the days when computers meant punched cards, sorting machines, and reel-to-reel magnetic tape drives. Back during the early days of computers, I actually took a course in FORTRAN at Indiana Univeristy through the School of Mathematics. We were impressed at that time, by being able to solve in just a few seconds an array of simultaneous equations that was 12 or 13 equations deep. (Something no human would want to attempt manually.)

When I was in the U.S. Army Reserve, I was sent to Granite City, Illinois to learn to be what the Army called a "computer specialist". Actually, this was just a fancy name for learning how to operate a key punch machine, write simple programs, and wire sorting machine boards.

Needless to say, computer technology has come a long ways since those days. When I got out of the Army, I did not touch a computer until about 6 years later. Personal computers were just then making their debut. I learned BASIC, C++, and later their "visual" equivalents. I played around with machine language. And during all this time, I was working as an advertising executive. Quite honestly, at that time, I did not even see much practical use for computers at a "home" level. They seemed to be more practical for science, statistics, and large database applications. PC manufacturers tried to get us excited about balancing our check books and turning on electrical appliances automatically. But they were a real pain in the butt in actuality.

Then the Internet came along. This is when, I think, home computers really became practical.

I started my own business in 1992, doing among other things some computer programming. Combining my art background with my programming experience, I was able to learn LINGO using Macromedia Director software, and make a good living for a number of years. Then to supplement that income, I also wrote technical articles for engineering magazines.

In July of 2000, I decided to re-enter the corporate world and return to work with a previous employer. In 2004, I went into semi-retirement where I now do freelance technical writing and substitute teach at local high schools. (This keeps me from being a couch potato watching Fox News non-stop!)

That covers my business life. How about my personal life?

My wife Kayson and I have a total of 8 children ranging in ages 12 to 36. Kayson is Thai. The photo to the right shows she and I at a ceremony during 2001 where we are making a small donation to the elementary school that she attended as a young girl. You can't tell from the photo that I am really trying to pull the money back, but the school superintendant had one heck of a grip on it.

All of our the children are grown and living their own independent lives except for my adopted daughter Pawn. Pawn was born in Thailand, but I brought her to the United States four years ago. She is now attending school in the United States as a 8th grader. We were in the process of adopting a second child from Thailand. This time it is a boy. In 2006, we became his legal guardians, but the adoption process was taking so long that now he is too old for adoption (age 16). We have him in a boarding school now where he is learning a vocation.

My favorite entertainment pasttime is any kind of sporting event. I was always an athlete in school. My sports were track, cross country and wrestling. I continued my running and competing late into my 40's. Later, I took up karate and competed in the "geezer" division.

I dropped out of sports competition a few years ago, and now I just try to stay in shape. I run on a regular basis, watch my diet; and in 2004, I started a weightlifting project that I finished on September 25, 2004. (I had a small wager with one of my stepdaughters.) I have backed off intense weight training now that I have reached most of my goals. During the last half of 2005 and into 2006, I participated in a kickboxing aerobics program at a DOJO Karate School just a short distance from my home. That plus my daily three-mile run was enough exercise for me each day. I dropped the kickboxing in mid-summer of 2006 and was just doing the jogging. Then in October of 2006, I signed up for Shaolin Do Kung Fu with two of my children at a local school not far from my house. This was a completely new form of martial arts for me, so I had to learn from the very bottom up. At my age, I have had to crank back my activity a notch or two or I would be limping around as if I had been hit by a car.

I dropped out of the kung fu training after earning a couple of my belts. I was not active in martial arts then until my grandson Riley (age 14) came to visit this summer. He and I joined a local "fight center" where we enjoyed lessons in Brazilian jujitsu during his stay. I am glad to report I survived the training and he is now back home in South Carolina.

UPDATE: I am now (2013) 70 years old. I have not done much to keep up this website, so much of the information here is old information. The picture shown on the right shows how much I have aged these past 7 years. I am still running every day, but I have not raced much. I mainly just continue to keep myself healthy. I am still working full time, but I plan to retire completely in about three more years.

I am in the final editing stages (October, 2013) of a book that I have written "The Flower of Phon Thong--from Survivor to Samaritan" It is a biography that traces the life of my wife from childhood to present. She has evolved from trying to survive as a young child in one of the poorest parts of Thailand to becoming the founder of a charity that helps other poor Thai people in that area.

I am also working toward completion of another book "Think Like Albert" that analyzes the thinking processes behind Einstein's introduction of relativity. It teaches the reader how one is able to take their intellectual skills to their limits. For those readers who don't remember much of their math past the 8th grade, it provides an easy path to learning the advanced mathematics required to understand the latest theories of physics.

Looking to the not-so-distant future, I plan to write a "how to" book covering the sport of distance running. It will draw on my many years of racing experience, the training secrets, and understanding the physiology involved. It will be rather unique in that it will provide a level of science never offered in other running books. My son, Mike is a professional computer code writer who makes his living developing websites and software. He is going to help me market the book. He has some great ideas that I am anxious to implement.

That about covers it. It has not been exactly a breath-taking existence, but I keep trying to optimize the skills I possess, while trying to find and fulfill whatever is God's purpose for placing me on this Earth.

Thanks for reading this. If it put you to sleep, and you banged your head on your computer, I apologize. I hope neither your computer nor your head were damaged.