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Submitted: Wed, Aug 1, 2007 @ 12:00:00 AM CDT

Welcome to my website.

Here you can find all kinds of information about my professional background, the projects I am currently working on, and have worked on in the past, my interests and extra curricular activities, and my contact information.

Please feel free to browse around, and help yourself to the downloads in my Projects section.

Thanks for stopping by!

A Good Ole Time

Submitted: Sat, Aug 25, 2007 @ 05:10:32 AM CDT

Updated: Sat, Aug 25, 2007 @ 05:16:16 AM CDT

Tonight, my good friend Johnathan, his wife, my wife, and I all went out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse [ Link ], then down to Dave's Goodtime Billiards, and finally ended up at the always-great Jukebox Comedy Club [ Link ]. We all had a great time and laughed our asses off the whole night.

It was the most fun I've had in a very long time. Definitely a big change from the normal hum-drum dinner and a movie that usually goes on every weekend, and surely beats the hell out of staying home wondering aimlessly around the Internet, or (worse) trying to find something worthwhile on the TV.

Johnathan and his wife are really great people, and a riot to hang out with. Thanks for a great evening!

More Fun!

Submitted: Sat, Sep 1, 2007 @ 12:15:00 AM CDT

Updated: Sat, Sep 1, 2007 @ 12:17:09 AM CDT

Tonight Kassi and I went over to Johnathan and Kristi's house again. We played a game of spades that lasted a good 4+ hours, and introduced our small female boxer (our nice[r] dog) to their dogs.

Johnathan was a wee bit intoxicated (after ingesting an entire half gallon of 100 proof Southern Comfort before we showed up), but nonetheless he was still very friendly to us, and treated us like family.

The dogs had a great time playing together, too!

We've found some true friends in Johnathan and Kristi, and I'm so glad I was so fortunate to meet such a great guy from my Masonic Lodge [ Link ]

What a Day...

Submitted: Mon, Sep 3, 2007 @ 02:53:32 AM CDT

Today was my family reunion, in Chillicothe, IL [ Link ]. There were a LOT of people there, a lot of them I didn't even know, and some that I've not seen in many years.

Everyone's having a bunch of kids, and it becomes exponentially more difficult to remember all the rugrats' names. Nonetheless, we had a great time overall. We took our female boxer (Babylove aka Baby), and everyone seemed to like her a lot.

Then, a bunch of guys wanted to get a game of touch football going on in the ball field. If you've never met me, I'm far from the most athletic person you'd ever meet, for sure, but I decided I wanted to play. For a while, I was kind of standing there, trying to just get in people's way so they couldn't score and what not, but then they hiked me the ball and some magic happened. I ran like I've never ran before... about 30 yards later, I had scored a touchdown! Somehow, I had managed to outrun some very fit guys, and shake off the ones ahead waiting to tag me. That was cool, and made me feel a lot better about playing. So the game went on for a while, and I started sucking again... badly. Then, on the final play of the game, they again passed me the ball. I ran it in for the game winning touchdown. I was completely drenched in sweat, and feeling like my lungs were going to implode, but it was probably one of the most fun things I've done in a long time, that I can be proud of anyway hehe.

So, after a while we headed back home (a whopping 30 minutes away from the park in Chillicothe), I took a shower, then we went up to Johnathan and Kristi's house (didn't see that one coming, did ya?) We played a bunch of spades, got bored, played some Mariokart on Nintendo 64, got bored again, played some James Bond on the Nintendo 64, got bored again, and played a new card game called "Swap!"

Overall, a very enjoyable and relaxing day, and a great evening to cap off the holiday weekend.