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Background: I was born in 1954 in Pine Bluff AR, a small town about 45 miles south of Little Rock if y...

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Thanks
for dropping in!

Obviously you came in to my site here by seeing one of my internet advertisements, forum posts, business cards or some other method.  The important thing is YOU ARE HERE!

Let me introduce myself by giving a little background about me and my family and let you know what I do.

Background: I was born in 1954 in Pine Bluff AR, a small town about 45 miles south of Little Rock if you are familiar with the area. I grew up there with my parents and sister.  My mom and sister and her family still reside there.

Sports: I played sports from the third grade on through High School, starting out with football then in Junior high got into Track and Basketball.  I was far better in track on the short races (100yd, 220yd and 440yd dash) and associated relays and got some state-wide recognition for my efforts there.  I still follow Redskins Football and the Arkansas Razorbacks in football.

College and Early Jobs: I graduated from High School (Go Zebras!) in 1972 and immediately went to the US Naval Academy at Annapolis MD.  There I majored in Mathematics, played intramural sports and basically worked to keep my head above water until graduation in 1976 and entry into Admiral Rickover's Nuclear Power Program with a target of getting into the U. S. Navy Submarine force.  I got to my first submarine in 1977 and was on submarines and related duties until 1991 when I got assigned to the Washington DC area in an office which built submarine equipment.  That set me up with skills for an orderly transition to civilian life.  It also gave me the opportunity to meet, date and marry my wife.  I retired in 2000 after 24 years of US Navy active duty and Christina and I settled down here in the DC area.

During my submarine career, I had three kids.  Jeff is now 26, Brian is 23 and Kay is 21.  They are all living in Hawaii near their mom.

During the early days of my Navy career, I got hold of a book by a man named Joe Karbo, The Lazy Man's Way to Riches.  It was a short paperback about how to make a mint in mail order and was a good read.

Although I never did anything with the mail order ideas in the book, Mr. Karbo had an interesting side note about keeping a positive attitude, controlling your thoughts, keeping anger under wraps and things like that.  He taught me a method of controlling my thoughts and feelings "on purpose" so I did not have to experience the bad thoughts if I did not want to.  It works to this day! I read that book a hundred times if I read it once because I thought, "If I can get control of my mind, there is no limit to what I can do!"

... and I was right.  More on "The Law Of Attraction" later.

Christina and I got married in 1992 in Dunkirk MD in a small outdoor ceremony at a quaint restaurant.  My dad was my best man and almost all of our family from both sides where there.  It was a great start to a wonderful marriage.

Christina and I have two lovely kids; Harper is 14 (thinks he is 19+) and is in the eighth grade.  Our daughter Evie (short for Genevieve) is in the 5th grade.

In addition to being a home-school teacher for our son, Christina is a technical writer and works from home helping engineers at major corporations turn their engineering prose into something easily readable and understandable by the rest of the population.  She is really good at what she does!

I work at a large corporation in the DC area.  We support the government in many areas.  My specific area of expertise is in Systems Engineering, Process Definition and Control and Systems Architecture development.  Sounds like a lot (and it is sometimes) but really is a lot of common sense stuff.  Also, my Navy Engineering and process control experience comes in handy with junior government employees to help them learn the right way to do things.