People who get me know this... Crusty on the outside - soft on the inside. !

My career path... Military > medical > public affairs > graphic design /copy-writing > independent !

My spirituality... Very spiritually minded; I do believe in a heavenly Father & Mother and that the universe is alive & awesome! !

My relationship status... Married !

My relationship saga... Married to the same (and only) woman since 1976 even though we are so different. !

My political leanings... slightly right !

My political views... libertarian (NOT "left" or "right" - sheesh!) Government is ALWAYS the individual's greatest enemy. !

A great song... "Sit Down Young Stranger" by Gordon Lightfoot !

An awful song... Anything by Michael Jackson !

A great movie... Being There !

An awful movie... "Hannah Montana" stuff !

A great book... The Elegant Universe !

A great person... my Dad; Abraham Lincoln !

An awful person... Obama !

Proudest thing I ever did... Become a father and raise five children, served my country in a bad & depressing place. !

Best time I ever had... Ketchikan, Alaska and points north. !

What drives me crazy... Hypocrisy - fake people. !

What makes me glad to be alive... Learning something new and interesting! !

I believe this... You never really know until you get there. !

My ethnicity as others define it... Caucasian, European, European-American !

My ethnicity as I define it... Irish - American !

Gender... Male !