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About me

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Personally

If I were to try to say where I am from, I might have to write a fairly long book. I suppose I could say I am from the United States -- all of them. My Dad's from Montana, Mom's from North Dakota and we seemed to pitch camp in Montana more than elsewhere while I was growing up. That's where I graduated from College (after 8 years!), so I call Montana "home". I have lived in the Pacific Northwest since 2001 and don't plan to resume my wandering ways any time soon.

Happily married to a great lady I happened to met, probably tripped over, and certainly stepped on her toes while we danced, when I was three sheets to the wind in Washington, DC, some years back while in my Army Dress Blues. Must have been the uniform. I have no other explanation for why such a fine young woman gave me the time of day all those years ago!

Together, we've raised two wonderful, talented and extraordinarily intelligent children. We've also opened our home to a whole lot of folks who were down on their luck, just passing through, or just needed shelter from the rain for a little while. And then there are the foster kids. It would just seem to be a shame to have this big old house and not share.

I've been an avid hunter, fisherman and outdoorsman all my life -- but things have slowed me down a bit after a lot of miles down bumpy dirt roads in the back country of life.

Professionally

I'm currently a software developer, specializing in computationally intensive projects for a clientele which prizes discretion, so I can't say much more.

I started herding electrons in the 70s and kept up with it the whole time I was in the Army, developing a couple of applications that are still being used, albiet much improved and changed.

Ubuntu Participation

Ubuntu Forums

Wiki Updates

I have been active in updating and maintaining the Java and ATI driver wiki pages.

U+1 Team

I am a member of the U+1 team.