About Me

I guess I should write a little bit about me.

I never really know what to write in these things. Am I going for a bio, a resume, convince people I'm someone who's ramblings they want to read... Is this a chance to write my memoir? Beats me, so I guess I'll just get started and we'll see where we end up.

What makes me qualified to write about anything at all?
Nothing really. Other then some articles on the web, a blog, and a poem in a book once, I'm not a "published" author. I do like to write though, and I think I write well. I have a good voice and style. As far as the subject matter for this blog goes...well, I watch movies. Lots and lots of movies. I've rated nearly 1,100 items on Netflix (and counting). My Hulu queue always has something in it (I have updates nearly every day), and I have a decent dvd/blu-ray collection. Its not complete by any means (I don't have those kind of funds...or the storage space), but its decent.

I also read, a lot. I read The Hobbit in first grade, and I've been reading ever since. I'm working on pairing down my "real" book collection since a buddy of mine got me a Kindle for my birthday in '10. I almost always have a book with me...at least one.

I'm a gamer, and I like to play most any game. Currently playing the new Star Wars MMO. Currently in my house we have...(one or more then one of the following), PS2, PS3, PSP, NES, SNES, N64, Wii, DS, DSI, DS-Lite, 3DS, Gameboy. There are currently 7 running computers (including laptops and netbook) in our household. I got my first computer somewhere around 1982. A Commodore Plus4, and then a Commodore64. I also like a few board games now and then, and I'm into tabletop games. Used to have a good D&D group going a few years back, but nothing like that now. I also love gaming (poker mostly). We try and have a weekly game going, nothing fancy, just trying to keep it fun, relax, and escape for a couple of hours.

You might be wondering at this point if I have a life. Not really. I literally live at my job, and I'm pretty much on 24/7. I'm working right now, as I right this. I've been married for 19 years, and have four daughters (3 of them teenagers)... you might be starting to see my need for escaping reality and relieving some stress. I sometimes miss entire seasons of sports, and couldn't tell you the last time I saw an NBA game (probably around 1996). I've tried to get my girls into watching football, or basketball, or even golf...but no luck yet. They are all gamers though, so that's something.

I'm not as big a participant in outdoor activities as I used to be. I hurt my back a few years back in an auto accident, so extended hiking, backpacking, and things of that ilk are out for me...for now. So maybe we'll get a guest writer now and then that can throw in some stuff for that area. I do like to fish, but I'm anti-hunting. I'm fine with some hunting articles, and hunting by itself isn't necessarily bad, but mostly I can't stand the people that like to hunt. Many of them lie about the reasons...but that's a WHOLE 'nother tangent.

That's mostly me...in a nutshell (Help I'm trapped in this nutshell!). I'm sure you'll learn more about me then you ever wanted to know if you stick around, and if there's something you're just dying to know...well ask!