I am a native of Little Rock, Arkansas, born in the wanning days of the Eisenhower administration, having shared the womb with a twin sister.   I grew up in a household where my parents were older than those of my peers', having been adults during the Great Depression and World War II.  Having had older parents provided me with the advantage of their wisdom and hard courage.  It provided me with the disadvantage of not having them in my middle age.

Historically and culturally, there has been no single significant event that has occurred  in my life.  I was on hand for The Cuban Missle Crisis; The Kennedy, King, Kennedy assassinations, Vietnam, the 1968 election; the moon walk; Watergate; the Challenger and Columbia space schuttle diasters; the 2000 election, September 11, 2001, the 2008 election.  so, I would say take your pick.  My father saw the majority of this plus two world wars, the Bolshevik Revolution, the Oklahoma Dust Bowl, and the introduction of sulfonamides and penicillin, so, I don't know as much as I think.

Professionally, I am a pharmacist / clinical data analyst, having worked the the pharmaceutical industry for the past 25 years. As an avocation I am a writer principally focusing my attention on music but occasionally branching out to address  media, cinema, literature, politics, and religion.  We a blessed to live in a fertile and progressive period where all culture is readily available for consideration and consumption.  Steering these waters is challenging but ultimately rewarding.

I am married to my wife Dana and have one son, Logan, in both of whom the sun rises and sets.  Collectively, we have three dogs and three cats: Two Pomeranians, Bixley and Miller; and a Wal-Mart Chiuhauha, Molly and three Tabbies: Nermal (gray, shorthair), Fletcher (red, shorthair), and Stranger (gray, longhair with a touch of Maine Coon and a bad disposition).