: About Me

I have a fantastic wife, and three amazing kids. We have two sons, a senior and a junior. Our daughter is a 5th grader. I work as an Air Traffic Controller ("We Guide You Home"), and love the challenge, problem-solving, and intensity of that job. Love my wife, love my kids; couldn't make my home life any more perfect!

I am a voracious reader, but hardly ever make much progress reading 'self-improvement' books. I could read the Tolkien trilogy and the Asimov Foundation series once a year, and never get tired of them.

I spend some of my best quality time working with youth in our church's Middle and High School Youth program. I love being around kids who are both squirrelly AND hopeful about the future. They mostly haven't gotten cynical about what the world has to offer them.

I have won precisely one writing contest, in which I got 2nd place, children's book division, in a statewide competition. Since we published an anthology, I am technically a published writer. Ok, so it's not a major label, but the recognition is nice.

I am an amateur triathlete, and have been since 1981, when the sport took off after we all watched Julie Moss crawl across the finish line on TV at the Hawaii Ironman. Remember that?

My passion is ...

our kids and their friends, fireplaces and chimeneas

I know too much about ...

filling out bureaucratic Air Traffic paperwork

My parents always told me ...

you're never too old to have a happy childhood

My childhood ambition ...

flying an airplane

My favorite memory ...

a helicopter ride over the jungles of Papua New Guinea

Why I write ...

to tell stories that make my kids laugh

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

Twilight series, Lost, Elizabeth McGovern, Cage fighting(!)

My first job ...

detasseling corn in Nebraska

My inspiration ...

people doing stuff they love

Food & Drink > Coffee How to use a coffee press

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French press coffee is perfect, especially during the month of July, when the Tour De France bicycle race is on TV. A lot of the intro shots are of those perfectly Gallic street-side cafes where patrons sip from small cups of coffee with a plate of bakery goods right next to them. Seen on the tables, if one looks quickly, is a french press of coffee. We actually found out about french press coffee in the South Pacific, courtesy of some Australian friends. Long story short, we bought our own french press coffee system, and have always enjoyed the experience of coffee prepared this way. Whil...

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