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About Me

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I'm a self-described "shameless self-promoter" and "legend in my own mind." My ultimate goal in life is to be the next Steve Allen, not to have done the things he did, but to be noted for having as diverse a set of accomplishments as he had. My own set of accomplishments, however minor, is given below:

    Eleven years' experience as a technical writer of over 50 help files and user manuals, as well as over 100 how-to and technical articles and 30 business guides. My writing style has been described by one of the editors I've worked with as "unique and authoritative."
    Co-creator of resume creator/job search software application Resume Plus, along with Bruce Lowry, the person who brought the Nintendo Entertainment System to America.
    Contributor to two board games, Clever Endeavor (included in a game bundle once given away on The Price Is Right) and Trivia Omaha.
    Published author of three role-playing game articles, two Mensa Bulletin articles, and six fanfics, as well as online book and movie reviews. Have also written over 300 filksongs/song parodies.
    Winner of over 60 radio trivia call-in contests, and have taken part in or put on numerous trivia contests. Qualified to be a contestant on Jeopardy! in 2000, but did not get to appear on the show.
    Fan guest of honor at the science fiction convention WillyCon in 2005.
    Won Mattel's 35th Anniversary UNO House Rules Contest in 2006, for which my image was rendered in a portrait by the animators of Family Guy.
I am now working on my first filk album and am looking to take my writing, in all areas that interest me, to the next level. .. ..

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

.. .. I'd like to meet several kinds of people here:

    1) People whose work I have admired over the years so that I can tell them so before either they or I kick the bucket.
    2) People who can help me achieve my goals, through their experience, talents, and/or connections.
    3) People who share my interests or are looking to share them, so that I can share my experiences with them.
    4) People who have interests I'm looking to get into, so that I can learn from them.
In short, I want to have a group of friends as diverse as my interests. .. ..

My Blog

Revenge is sweet - or is it?

Sometimes, if you wait long enough, you get satisfaction for wrongs done against you.Since last fall, I've been working on an information article writing project for a client of the writing service I ...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:06:00 GMT

Meeting Denise Crosby

I feel like I came down from the Mount of Transfiguration. While I've met a fair number of celebrities in my life, particularly during my years in science fiction fandom, I've connected with few as I ...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:31:00 GMT

She likes me! She really likes me! She must, anyway...

I just visited paid a visit to Holly Hallstrom's MySpace page this evening. I've had her as a MySpace friend for several months now; her presence here was one of the reasons I signed on to MySpace aft...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:02:00 GMT

DemiCon

This weekend, May 18-20, I attended the science fiction convention DemiCon at the Hotel Fort Des Moines in downtown Des Moines. The author guest of honor was Catherine Asaro, who I had met several yea...
Posted by on Sun, 20 May 2007 19:30:00 GMT

Who my friends are

This is my first blog entry, so I thought I'd give you a little insight into who I am by telling you who my friends are. If you bothered to actually read my profile before asking me to be your friend,...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:10:00 GMT