• Origin - Greek and English.  Born in Indiana.
• Youngest of three kids.   My brother, Gregory is 5½ years older than
  me and my sister, Diane is 18 years older than me.
• Age - 49 and counting (down).
• Height - 6'
• Weight - Not something I want to talk about right now.
• My Job - Since 1979 I've worked in electronics as everything from a
  technician to developer to engineer as got more education. From 2003 until
  mid 2008 I coupled electronic engineering with software development,
  writing IC based programming to control electronic devices. Since mid 2008
  I’ve been working as a full time software developer writing and developing in
  a number of different languages.

The very best things in life...

• At the top of this list has to be my one time girlfriend, one time fiancée, as of June 13, 2004 my wife, Susan.
  
• It's not very popular these days to list your father as your hero but I have to do just that.
  The absolute finest person I've ever known in every way.  He passed on February 1^st 2004, a week
  before his 82^nd birthday, but I take great comfort and pleasure in having been lucky enough
  to have known him as well as I did.
• The day-to-day evidence of the Lord watching over me.  I know it's not politically correct but that's
  okay, the truth generally isn't.
• My family.
• Being out on my bike with Susan on a sunny day on the Lake Michigan lakefront or a tree shaded bike
  path for a nice long ride.
• Southern England in the spring.
• Back yard cook outs.
• Live theatre.
• Cats.

Totally useless facts...

• I play the guitar...I play around with the piano.
• When I was younger I played the drums in two different marching bands,
  one in high school and one at church (gospel march band).
• My favorite sports to participate in are bicycling, swimming, bicycling,
  golf, bicycling, and softball.  My favorite sports to watch...um...
  well...I don't actually like to watch sports.
• In December of 2000 I had Laser Eye Surgery.  I went from about 20/750
  to better than 20/25.  You can read about it on my "Dr. My Eyes page.

• My first experience with college was in 1979 when I started toward a 2 year
  certificate in electronics.
• Throughout the '80's I got about 10 or so (I lost track) different certifications
  in electronics and optics.
• In 1991 I got my AAS degree in electrical engineering.
• A couple of years later I started toward my BSEET in electrical engineering
  
• With only 2 semesters left before earning my BSEET, I changed my tract to Computer Science
  in 1998 and completed my BSCS in December of 2003, or so I thought.  In January
  of 2004 I received a letter from Northeastern
  Illinois University telling me that I still owed a Mathematics credit so my actual
  graduation date wasn't until May of 2004...or so I thought.
  I finally called to find our why I hadn't received
  my diploma and was told that no graduation request was
  made.  So, although my work was completed much earlier,
  my "official" date of graduation is August of 2004.
  Oh well, I guess you can't expect much more from an educational
  institution who hangs their fire extinguishers in locked
  cabinets in the halls.
• Taught myself  HTML
• Taught myself  JavaScript
• Teaching myself  CSS and COBOL
• I took and passed the first part of the A+ exam and
  am considering taking the last part of the exam soon.
• · Earned certificates in C, VB-6, and Acrobat 7