I was born in Florida but went to school in California. Was lead singer and song-writer of cult Rock Band, The Misunderstood, in London, during the "Swinging 60s"
http://www.themisunderstood.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Misunderstood
http://www.myspace.com/themisunderstood1966
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Shaw_Brown
The band was destroyed by the US Army draft when they tried to send me to Viet Nam...sorry, no can do! So I moved to India where I lived many years as a monk. Later I became involved with a secret ruby mine, which aroused my interest in gems (and Jyotish), resulting in my graduating from the Gemological Institute of America in 1983 as a "Gemologist". There after I became a Gemologist and Designer (jewelry, graphic, WWW, publishing). I'm a permanent resident of Bangkok, Thailand. I use Mac computers.
