: About Me

I grew up wanting to do something adventurous and exciting and couldn't decide whether to become a soldier, police officer, or a fire fighter. In typical fashion for me I ended up becoming all three.

I spent 21 years in the United States Army working and flying on helicopters. After retiring I became a police officer in a small rural city and volunteered as a fire fighter for the same city. I recently resigned my position as the county's chief deputy sheriff to attend college and use my Montgomery GI bill benefits and work on several websites I have had in mind for a long time.

My passion is ...

hunting pheasants, ducks, turkeys, and deer.

I know too much about ...

being separated from my family.

My parents always told me ...

I was trouble.

My childhood ambition ...

to become a soldier, police officer, or a fire fighter.

My favorite memory ...

marrying the woman of my dreams in a German castle.

Why I write ...

people have always told me I should write about my life.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

my dog whining because I closed the basement door.

My first job ...

loading a Pepsi delivery truck.

My best moment ...

seeing each of my children born.

My inspiration ...

my family.

Politics, News & Issues > Baseball News & Opinion Is baseball's Chone Figgins of the Los Angeles Angels emerging as the best hitter in MLB?

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Chone Figgins ended 2007 with a .330 batting average and while that is a great year for him, there are three active players with career averages higher than that. Ichiro Suzuki, Todd Helton, and Albert Pujols. Figgins, Suzuki, and Helton don't have the power Pujols has which is part of the total skills package. Todd Helton has been playing for the Colorado Rockies since 1997 and has a .332 lifetime batting average and 303 career home runs. Ichiro Suzuki has been playing for the Seattle Mariners since 2001 and has a .333 lifetime batting average and 97 career home runs. Albert Pujols has be...

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