Born and raised in Upstate New York. Attended a small college then went to work. I have over 25 year of accounting experience, most of which at the Business Manager / CFO level. I have 20 years in the education field, with additional not for profit and for profit experience.

I have been a NYS emergency medical technician for nearly 14 year. I have been a volunteer firefighter and a volunteer EMT.

I met my wife on-line, before the World Wide Web existed.

I have been blogging since January 2002. I have been intereviewed by Reuters and the BBC, published in the Washington Examiner and have many articles written on a variety of on-line sites.

My passion is ...

emergency medical services

I know too much about ...

the War on Terror

My parents always told me ...

be quiet in church

My childhood ambition ...

was to become king

My favorite memory ...

is my wedding, in a park gazebo on a warm summer day

Why I write ...

because, someone, somewhere, may benefit

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

reading David Weber, Eric Flint, John Ringo and Laurel Hamilton

My first job ...

was selling lettuce at a farm stand for 12 cents a head

My best moment ...

is everytime I can help someone in need

My inspiration ...

is my father, gentle, patient and tolerant

Jobs & Careers > Nonprofit & Service Sector Jobs The value of volunteering

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Volunteers make America a better place. It may be in a museum, with the Scouts, Little League or the thousands who are volunteer EMT's like I am.That has value but you wouldn't know it. Current IRS regulations don't allow you to deduct your time as a volunteer and you can deduct a measly 14 cents a mile when the deduction for business use of your car is 48.5 cents a mile.Financial accounting standards for not for profits allow them to record the value of your time as income only if you have a specific skill and they would have had to hire someone if you did not volunteer. As an EMT, that wo...

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