: About Me

I had intially written a long drawn out biography of myself, and how I landed where I am today. Then I read the instructions. I realized that this is to list my accomplishments, experience, and so on. Short list for me. I am, above all else in my life and for longer than I can remember being anything else, one thing. A writer.

I live in Southeast Missouri with my wife and three children in a small town. I am employed as a detective for the police department in our town, and maintain a lawn mowing business on the side. I happened upon Helium while looking for work at home options for my wife, and was immediately drawn in. Helium is perfect for me, and I plan to take full advantage it. It really feels like my opportunity to shine. I guess we'll see.

My passion is ...

writing of course

I know too much about ...

everything according to my wife

My parents always told me ...

never give up

My childhood ambition ...

to be a baseball player

My favorite memory ...

camping with my father

Why I write ...

because my heart doesn't give me a choice

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

star wars novels, horror novels, hard rock/heavy metal

My first job ...

curb boy at a local resturaunt

My best moment ...

my children's births

My inspiration ...

I don't know until it comes to me

Jobs & Careers > Stress & Time Management Understanding the problems shift workers face

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There was a time in American History, relatively recently, during which a twenty four hour business was hard to find. Entire city's would roll up the side walks around nine every night and the only people out after that were police and the bad guys. Things have changed. American society has become a twenty four hour society, and businesses have adapted quickly to the change. The allure of sixteen more hours of operational time was just too much for many businesses to resist, and so the police and the bad guys lost their monopoly of the night shift. The growing popularity of shift work may ...

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