about me

All you ever wanted to know about me

Iowa University Hospital

I was born on March 16, 1980 in Iowa City, Iowa. The family up until that point had just been Mom (Sue), Dad (Steve), Molly and Melissa.

This is a picture of Molly, Melissa, and I after another successful fishing trip on the Severn River. There is a picture of the cottage which has been in my family for over 50 years in the images page. I'd like to draw your attention to Melissa (center). She still dresses that way.
	In 1984, My family moved to Charlotte, NC. We are transplants to the South, but none of us could imagine having grown up anywhere else. We moved from Beaver, Pennsylvania, just after my younger sister, Ellen, now 17, was born.
This is the old man and I. One of my favorite memories is of our trip in the summer of 1999 to Islamorada in the Florida Keys. This is quite possibly the ultimate destination for avid tarpon fishermen. While we were first timers, Dad caught a big, ugly shark and I managed to hook a monster tarpon on a fly. It got off soon after I hooked it, but it was nevertheless an incredible experience. If you can't tell already, I love fishing.
	"What is it that binds us to this place as to no other? It is not the well, or the bell, or the stone walls; or the crisp October nights or our memories of dogwoods blooming. Our love for this place is based on the fact that it is what it was meant to be: the University of the people." - Charles Kuralt
This is the Rainbow Soccer team I coached last fall, the Bambinos. The kids were between the ages of 3 and 4 years old. That made for a whole lot of fun. The team went 6-3 on the season. This fall I coached the 4 and 5 year old Sunrise squad. We went 8-0-1 this fall and had a great time. That's me on the left.
	This is a picture of a sugar glider, an Australian flying squirrel. This summer I was in a random mood and decided to get one for a pet. Her name is Dixie. She's about 6 months old now, weighs about 5 ounces and is about 5 inches long, not including her puffy tail which is about 6 inches long. I have a tall cage for her to run around in and every once in a while I take her out to play around. She is nocturnal, which annoys my roommate, and loves to run on her wheel all night long.