: About Me

I love to write and have been writing since I can remember. I acquired my degree in English from the University of Buffalo in 1989 and have been searching for that elusive writing career ever since. To keep the lights on and food on the table I sell technology products.

I play guitar in a Pink Floyd tribute band and I dabble in web site development as well. I love movies and I am the president of the Western New York Drive-in Movie Society. I love the Drive-in and hate the hard top theaters.

I have a weekly column in my hometown newspaper and the paper was even gracious enough to let me write a blog as well. I use my blog to get things off my chest from time to time but I really do not focus too much on structure or grammar. I just write from the hip.

I am always looking for ways to improve my writing so let me have it with the constructive criticism. I also accept compliments as well!

My passion is ...

music and movies

I know too much about ...

Pink Floyd

My parents always told me ...

"will you shut up?!"

My childhood ambition ...

music and writing

My favorite memory ...

my wedding day

Why I write ...

I love to communicate and tell stories

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

Pink Floyd

My first job ...

at the golf course back home

My best moment ...

my wedding day

My inspiration ...

my wife and son

Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) Events that gave rise to modern piracy

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Piracy is rarely a choice made by someone who has had visions of scourging the high seas since they were a child. Many children dream of being pirates, but childhood fantasies usually give way to grown up reality and we leave those visions in our past. The decision to become a pirate is usually a last resort when no other means of employment can be found. If the government of a country that borders a busy shipping lane collapses, the chance that pirates will fill the seas increase dramatically. Prior to the civil unrest of the 1990's, Somalia and the entire coastal region of Africa was an ...

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