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About Me

What can I say? I'm 45, a husband and father of 3 great kids. My wife is the smartest person I know, but please don't tell her that...I work professionally as a technical trainer. I have been the technical editor on 22 books, and have spoken at a few IT conferences. I have certifications from Microsoft, IBM, CompTIA and a defunkt Linux outfit, as well as from a company that used to be called Compaq.I graduated from Salina Central High School in Salina, Kansas, in 1981. I was involved with Football, Track & Field, and Theater.I attended Wichita State Unversity, and graduated from there with a Bachelors degree in General Studies. My main area of focus in college was a combination of Computer Science, Speech Communication, Journalism and Business. This combination seems to have served me well in my current career.I now live in Lawrence, Kansas. My wife is affilated with the University of Kansas. I am nurturing a healthy fanatacism for KU football and basketball.I am a guitar player. A few years ago, after 20 plus years of playing mediocre axes, I decided it was time to buy a decent guitar. I started shopping for Gibson Les Paul's, but became discouraged by the price. I told me wife that for that kind of money, I can put together a woodshop and build my own damn guitar, and she, a mechanical engineer, was very supportive. She likes power tools, too. I'd call myself a luearning hobbyist luthier.I have a little computer based home studio. I have a fairly complete little home studio setup, all digital, with some nice software (fully licensed!) like Propellerhead's Reason 3, and Digidesign's ProTools M-Powered edition 7. I like to record my own stuff.Someday I hope to get into the world of narration. I have used my voice as a tool in my work for many years, as a trainer, and host to radio and television shows.I took a shot at doing stand-up comedy when I was a kid, and have contemplated putting together 20 minutes of new stuff. With three kids, there is no shortage of new ideas.I am a fan of science fiction and fantasy novels and movies.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, Edward Van Halen, George Lynch, John Petrucci, Yngwie Malmsteen, Robert Fripp,Jimmy Stafford, Ted Nugent, Angus Young, Eric Clapton, Paul Reed Smith, Robert Godin, Brian Moore, Brian May, John Suhr, Shalom Balolia, Christoper Parkening, Liona Boyd, Sharon Isbin, Les Paul, Tom Schulz, Les Paul, Vito Bratta, Michael Schenker, Al Pitrelli, Chris Caffrey, Buckethead, (ad infinitum)

My Blog

Some things I’ve learned from Jinmo.

One of the more interesting folks I've come across on Myspace is a performance artist who goes by the single name "Jinmo". Jinmo may not appeal to everybody, but I must confess an appreciation fo...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:40:00 GMT

The New Axe

I'm as giddy as a school girl. This last weekend the Musician's Friend oputlet store in north Kansas City was having a blowout sale. It may have been meant as a joke, but on one of the radio stations...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:36:00 GMT

A little town in Southwest Kansas

Hi gang, I have no idea if anybody pays attention to my blog or not, but I would like to ask those of you that do to please send prayers, positive energy, whatever you are most comfortable with to a ...
Posted by on Sun, 06 May 2007 07:37:00 GMT

Make some noise, people!

Been spending a little time today making some noisy in Reason 3.0. For all of you want to be musicians that want to open your mind to creative possibilities, I would recommend this wonderful soft stud...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:35:00 GMT

Mantras

OK. So far this year I've posted more blogs than I have ever before. I have decided that I want to be a source of creative energy. I'm going to create more than I've ever created this year. I'm going ...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:52:00 GMT

Stupid moments

... I got MC Escher and HR Giger confused. Good thing I didn't throw in MC Hammer and HR Haldemann.
Posted by on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:03:00 GMT

Second child-hood or did I never grow up in the first place?

OK, so here I am a 43 year old guitar junkie, building my own axes (because it's cheaper to buy power tools than a good Les Paul), makig my own music ('cause I can't make anybody elses). Am I a bad p...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:10:00 GMT

Guitar>Piano

I have at times discussed the merits of certain instruments with friends, relatives coworkers and other acquaintances, and one thing that I do believe is that as an instrument, guitar is superior to p...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:26:00 GMT

Making decisions to move forward

Creativity is a purpose in itself. I figure you have choices in life, you either build things or you destroy things, and an ironic truth is that both can exist simultaneously, and with good reason. I...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:16:00 GMT

Gas Prices are falling....

... as November elections draw closer... coincidence? Bwahahahahaha.
Posted by on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:07:00 GMT