: About Me

I currently reside in Southern Indiana. In my spare time I paint black and white oil paintings, sell the originals at local art shows, then offer prints online. All proceeds from the prints (and some from the originals) are donated to charity.

You'll probably notice that a significant number of my articles are also donated to charity. The reason is simply that the one thing this world needs more of is philanthropy.

My other hobbies include but aren't limited to exploring, traveling, music composition, tracking meteorological events especially hurricanes, research, martial arts, and reading the latest scientific discoveries.

My passion is ...

adventure.

I know too much about ...

unusal history and folklore.

My parents always told me ...

I was too analytical.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be an inventor.

My favorite memory ...

was of sitting on the edge of a mayan temple in Tulum with the Caribbean sea below my feet.

Why I write ...

I've collected lots of knowledge over the years.

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

is usually The Weather Channel.

My first job ...

was a food runner in a restaurant barge on the Ohio River.

My best moment ...

is yet to occur.

My inspiration ...

is really my own imagination.

Entertainment > Musicians & Bands The most influential New Orleans jazz musicians

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The most influential New Orleans jazz musicians were undoubtedly the forefathers of jazz during the early days of the dixieland era. A lot of their reign of overall influence had much to do with their proximity and influence on each other. New Orleans set the stage for surpassing the rest of the south in producing quality jazz players by having less constricting social rules for African-Americans. There were many notable, revolutionary musicians that ultimately influenced later players. There were a few, however, that achieved outstanding permanent influence that further shaped or forever ...

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