I am a father, lover of animals, husband, and pretty ordinary fellow from Texas, transplanted to Erie, PA. I am an active Amateur Radio operator and a fan of technology and computers. I love to travel (any way and by any means possible), and, while I don't get to do enough of it, I have traveled to about half of the U.S. states, Canada, Germany, and Ukraine. I am happy to share my usually humorous, sometimes sarcastic outlook on life as a blind father, guide dog user, and pretty much anything else that may strike my fancy this week.

My passion is ...

Technology and its benefits, especially as related to disability

I know too much about ...

Useless trivia

My parents always told me ...

To write, to do well in school, and I could succeed at whatever I wanted

My childhood ambition ...

Changed too often.

My favorite memory ...

Life has been so good it's hard to pick one. Besides, I need something to write about, don't I?

Why I write ...

Because it's easier to express my thoughts and feelings in writing, so I have more time to figure them out. At least, that's one reason, right now.

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

Books by Cory Doctorow and Spider Robinson, as well as short fiction on Escape Pod and Podcastle

My first job ...

Was one of my coolest jobs, a summer training gig at the IRS where I got to play with spiffy Unix machines!

My best moment ...

Best at what, and in what context?

My inspiration ...

My daughter, my wise grandma, and life

Food & Drink > Restaurant Reviews Restaurant reviews: Newman's Deli, Erie, PA

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Around the corner and down the block from my house, there's a little takeout restaurant, and at least as far as I'm concerned, this is one of the many features of my neighborhood that make it such an ideal place to live. Unfortunately, in the three years since we bought our house in this ideal neighborhood, this takeout restaurant has sprung up in three, count em, three different incarnations. My neighbors tell me that it's lived several other lives even before that. With this knowledge, somewhere in lifetime number two (on my timeline, anyway), I began referring to the place affectionately...

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