: About Me

I'm just a small town boy born and raised in Fostoria, Ohio currently living in the big city of Toledo, Ohio. Pharmacy school at the University of Toledo brought me here, and my friends have kept me here.

When I decided that pharmacy was too cold and clinical, I jumped ship to major in English with a concentration in writing. Upon graduation jobs were scarce, so I added an integrated language arts teaching license to my Bachelor of Arts in English.

I am currently a substitute teacher at Whitmer High School in Toledo after teaching English for a full semester there. I do not believe that a love for the language should be forced, and that seems to be what is happening when I try to convey my passion to 30 students at a time; therefore, I am attempting to get my little freelance career off the ground! After all, it's been said that it isn't a job if you love what you do.

So (no, I don't mind starting sentences with a conjunction once in awhile), I have a fledgling account started both here at Helium and at elance.com, a site for seeking and hiring freelance work. I love writing, music, NFL football, and my family... not necessarily in that order.

Hopefully, I can talk to all of you when my business website occupies its own tiny corner of the World Wide Web!

My passion is ...

music and the English language

I know too much about ...

80s WWF

My parents always told me ...

to apply myself. I may have finally started listening!

My childhood ambition ...

to never grow up

My favorite memory ...

Ghostbusters T-shirts and Big Olaf ice cream cones at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion

Why I write ...

catharsis

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

Everything's Eventual by Stephen King/Chuck/Do it Again by The Indpendents

My first job ...

was dishwasher/busboy at Candyland family restaurant in Fostoria, Ohio. I started at the top!

My best moment ...

impossible. There are far too many great moments in life.

My inspiration ...

Mom

Food & Drink > Dining & Restaurants (Other) Which restaurant has the best cheeseburgers?

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When asked for their favorite cuisine, some folks will profess their love of Italian cooking. Others have a hankering for spicy Mexican dishes or the bite of Indian food. You won't hear any of those words roll off my tongue when offering up my favorite vittles. Nope. Having lived in Northwest Ohio my entire life, it is blue collar all the way, and nothing represents that lifestyle better than the good old American cheeseburger. If you have not already guessed, I am American fare all the way and at the top of the list is the hamburger topped with a slab of American cheese. But you are not r...

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