I am currently working as a front-end web developer for a large technical corporation, but I also do some freelance work on the side and I usually have some kind of scheme going in the background as well. I have a beautiful, brilliant girlfriend and a great, hilarious almost-step-son (what do you call your girlfriend's son?). We have two wonderfully fun Boxers (dogs, both girls), two cats, a snake (just a small one), and two aquatic frogs.

I play guitar, bass, trumpet, and I dabble in a few other instruments like keyboard and mandolin. I enjoy playing country, blues, rock, and jazz. Recently, I've been experimenting with electronic music that I've been composing on my Macs.

I'm also into motorcycling (mostly off-road, although I'm saving for a street bike), video games (XBox360, Wii, DS), drawing and painting, watching movies, listening to music, shopping, and going to fun places.

I believe in The First Amendment, The Second Amendment, the right to privacy, the right to freedom of religion and freedom from religion. I believe everyone should look after–and out for–their own first. I believe good fences build good neighbors and I believe in helping those neighbors when you can. I believe in standing up for yourself and your loved ones. I believe that we were all put here to learn to love. I believe that for all the ugly things Humanity does, there are far more beautiful things that go unnoticed. I believe that humor, music, and art are the remedies to pain. I believe that you have to be able to laugh at yourself and that you should never stop learning.