My last active duty day in the military was September 30th, 1998. That was the day I retired. Quickly approaching 10 years later, I still find myself reacting to various stimuli as if I was still in the military. I blame it on the constant repetitiveness of military customs, traditions and routines. Doing the [...]

I put off writing this for three months because I needed to come to terms with my own memories. It's amazing how things that happened more than 30 years ago could still have a negative effect on me. I've over it now, but putting things into perspective was incredibly hard.
Late in 1973, while my father [...]

I haven't yet continued with my autobiographical posts, the last being my Autobiography, Part 2 back in April. The next installment will cover a period which starts in February 1974 and ends in November 1977. It was a troubling time for me, most of it being my high school years.
As I mentioned in my [...]

I met my best friend in 1992 at a Commodore Users Group meeting in Tempe, Mesa, or Phoenix (I don't remember exactly where it was), Arizona, USA. He ran a Commodore 128 BBS before I did, but I ended up being the one that rewrote all the BASIC code for both of our bulletin [...]

I went back to part 1 to make some minor corrections and add three pictures of me when I was young. Take a look when you get a chance. I'm not quite done with the years prior to 1974, so bear with me. As I mentioned in my article, Why Am I Still Alive, there [...]

My About page is probably one of the longest you'll see of any blogs that you encounter. It contains of lot of my personal history, but it isn't in full detail. Most people wouldn't want to read more than that in one sitting. Since I have absolutely nothing to hide, I figured I'd get into [...]

We all have a reason for being here, for being alive. Sometimes we don't know what that reason is until it slaps us on the back of the head.
In 2000, my wife was involved in a car accident which split her forehead open about 2 inches. Well, she had to sue the insurance company for [...]

Before I begin, I'm warning you that these are personal, clear memories of things that have happened to me. Things that make me wonder why I'm still alive. I've had enough brushes with death that I might defy statistics by still being around.
Sometime prior to 1974, when I was still a very short child, I [...]