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About Me

My name is Rick and I live on the east coast of central Florida. I'm a native Floridian and live in my childhood home where I am now raising my own family.

I am currently in the process of setting up my own air conditioning business, but also run a mobile disc jockey service playing music for weddings and parties. I am also looking to add photography to my wedding services.

Over the years I have had a number of jobs ranging from fireworks and special effects technician to radio personality and broadcast engineer. Radio used to be a lot of fun but now most stations are corporate owned which takes away a lot of the fun. Too many policies and too many guys in ties. LOL I'd consider going back into radio if I could get a gig like Glenn Beck.

I added some of my photos to the picture area, only to find out that I am limited to 12 images. I'm looking into image hosting sites and hope to have more photos available soon.

My Interests

Photography (scenic and nature are favorites,) astronomy, travel, old movies, nascar, gardening, woodworking, politics

I'd like to meet:

Ben Franklyn and Thomas Jefferson.... but not in a big hurry. There are many people that I would like to meet but its hard to know where to begin the list.

Music:

My favorite is classic rock, but I like most music.

Movies:

The classics: Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Cary Grant... you know, REAL actors. They are my favorites, but not to the exclusion of all new movies. Every once in awhile Hollywood puts out something good. Harry Potter will actually get me to go to a theater instead of waiting for the DVD to be released.

Television:

A lot of educational stuff: history, discovery, national geographic, military, and science channels. The Weather Channel during hurricane season. The NASA channel when there is a mission in progress. Of course the classic movie channels. I also like the friday night lineup of Ghost Whisperer, Monk, Psych, and House (even though House is a re-run that night.)

Books:

The Harry Potter books top my list of favorite fiction. I usually pick up the newest book within a couple hours of it going on sale. I also like anything by Robert Ludlum.

Most of my reading these days is non fiction, reading about photography, wildlife, and astronomy.

Heroes:

My parents, may they rest in peace;

and

JoAnn, my soulmate who has many medical conditions that cause her a lot of pain and yet she does her best to live a normal life.

My Blog

Windows Backgammon

If you have played the online backgammon game that came with Windows XP, I'm sure you have run across a particular type of jerk. Actually, they aren't just jerks, they are jerks w...
Posted by Rick on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:27:00 PST

My Latest Project

Hi everybody. I hope SOMEBODY is reading this. It would be a shame for me to write this and have nobody see it. Anyway, this is to announce a new web site that I am currently constru...
Posted by Rick on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:10:00 PST

Christmas Vacation 2006

Christmas Vacation 2006 Travelogue Part 1 Every other year, we spend Christmas with the in-laws in Pennsylvania. This year we decided to make an overnight stop in Washington DC. Now 2 days is not nea...
Posted by Rick on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 05:25:00 PST

Florida Wildlife

Just a few of my Florida wildlife shots. Posting more soon. ...
Posted by Rick on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 05:58:00 PST

Sun Devil Photo

Sun devil, taken July 4th 2004.
Posted by Rick on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:21:00 PST

Florida Lightning Photos

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Posted by Rick on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:54:00 PST

Airports... GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

Hmmm, this would be a good place for my rants, too. Got a good one. Since it pertains to airports and airlines, I have to be careful. Don't want to get the feds on me. So to ke...
Posted by Rick on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:49:00 PST

My New Blog

OK, so I I have a blog. Not sure exactly what direction its going to take, but it will probably have a lot to do with my photography. Be watching for my nature photos coming soon.
Posted by Rick on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:00:00 PST