: About Me

I am a professional educator, teaching for the University of Phoenix online. Previously I have worked as a municipal administrator, and as a professional journalist. I have a Master's Degree in Journalism from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from St. Joseph's College in Standish, Maine.

In addition to my journalism, administrative and academic credentials, I am also a fiction writer, having completed a novel titled "Antiquity Calais: Standing at Armageddon." This will be available for sale through Amazon.com after I review a proof copy of it. Look for that in the near future. I have also completed the first draft of the second book in the series, titled "Antiquity Calais Ascending Olympus." Now I am in editing mode, which I am hopeful will be complete within a month.

I am a father of three beautiful children and two stepchildren, ranging in age from 21 to 2.

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

Politics

My parents always told me ...

Keep your nose clean

My childhood ambition ...

to be an astronomer

My favorite memory ...

the birth of my children

Why I write ...

because a writer writes, always.

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

Reading Brisingr, by Christopher Paolini, watching Nick and Disney with my kids, and listening to classic rock on Frank FM.

My first job ...

Town Crier Paper Boy, age 11 to 17

My best moment ...

When the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series. I can die a happy man now.

My inspiration ...

If you have a hero, look again. You have diminished yourself in some way.

Health & Fitness > Allergies School districts should bar anyone from bringing peanut products to school

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Perhaps I am hypersensitive, as a person who is afflicted with many allergies, but to me when you have a condition such as a food allergy that can be alleviated by an action as suggested by this debate, it should be a no-brainer that the answer should be a resounding yes! Twice in my life I have been hospitalized with nearly fatal reactions. My allergies are mostly to medicines, though I also can add to those allergies to clams, scallops and presumably other shell fish. So I have had a life-long experience with allergies. We are not talking about hay fever because I happen to be allergic t...

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