I'm a slasher. Not the bad kind, the good kind. I work as a freelance writer/graphic designer/ web developer/photographer. I live in Windsor, California, gateway to the country's finest wine producing area. My father was a career Army man, so I am a military brat who has travelled extensively. I also spent 6 years in the U.S. Coast Guard and can still send and receive morse code - a dying skill. I've been married, divorced, and have no children with the exception of my pets. I have a long term girlfriend who abuses me endlessly.
I love Harley-Davidson motorcycles and own a 2002 Soft-tail Deuce with SE Stage 2 upgrades and a 2004 limited edition Ford Mustang Mach I. I like to go fast. With gas prices in the stratosphere, I tend to ride the motorcycle more than I drive the Mustang.
I've been into computers since the 70's, when only universities and the military had access to them. I've had Ataris, Commodores, Amigas, Macs, PCs and even a Sun Solaris UNIX workstation of my own. Now I use both Macs and PCs, but I have to admit a slight bias towards the Mac. I have an old laptop running Red Hat Linux just for kicks.
Black Belt - Mixed Martial Arts under Grand Master Rene Latosa
Emergency Medical Technician
American Health Association CPR/AED/First Aid instructor
Basic Law Enforcement Academy (though I never became a cop)
46 years of numerous mistakes, miscalculations, and misjudgments, mixed with a sprinkling of good luck when I really needed it.
desktop publishing,
video,
multi-media,
Adobe CS3,
Microsoft,
Apple,
Macintosh,
freelance,
writing,
writer,
editor,
DTP,
PagePlus,
print shop,
graphic design,
print,
WYSIWYG.