Blogging since 2002. Interviewed by Reuters and BBC and published in the Washington Examiner. I am an accounting professional, and EMT. I tend to libertarian / conservative in my perspective on life.
I am married to a lovely woman I met on the Internet, before the World Wide Web got popular, and we have a family of four cats.
I was born and raised in a small town in upstate New York. Went to St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York, and finally fell into this profession. Discovered computers in college where we learned on a Xerox mainframe (!).
I've been a member of the Lions' Clubs, a volunteer firefighter, and for the last twelve years a NYS certified EMT-D.
My passion is ...
emergency medical services
I know too much about ...
the War on Terror
My parents always told me ...
don't eat yellow snow
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 I'm free and able to
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
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, tha...
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Rochester, New York US
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