Just who the hell am I? Am I an itinerant pervert? A post-modern anti-hero? A random demographic sampling? It's often easier to say what I'm not, but let's have a go at the affirmative.

Everyone was a lot younger in the '80s. Especially me.

More than just a collection of dates, the 1980s were a time of discovery, innovation, tragedy and creativity. It saw the end of the Cold War and the start of MTV, a rise in unemployment and the fall of the Berlin Wall; G.I. Joe and Reaganomics, political correctness, the Walkman, the Tienanmen Square massacre and 'Live Aid'. There were turned up collars, poofed-up hair and a band of breakdancers - then later skateboarders - in every neighborhood. Neon was all the rage and Coca Cola came in 2 different flavors.

In this decade I began my ascension to power. Born in the early 1970s, a few hours after midnight under a cold winter's waning moon, I grew up a child of pop culture - just barely remembering Vietnam, singing along to Travolta in the disco craze, changing jets into robots on Christmas morning, and swinging a plastic light-up sword at hoards of invisible Stormtroopers. Little has changed since that time.

Anyway, I'm in my late thirties as of this writing, I'm above average in height, weigh somewhere around 200 pounds, wear glasses, often shave my head and sport a goatee most of the year, I have many tattoos and several scars.

The Gaming Guy

I started working professionally as a freelancer in the game industry in 1998. In the employ of West End Games, I worked with the Star Wars Roleplaying Game as a developer and designer. When that company went bankrupt and seemingly forgot to pay me, I moved on to Avalon Hill... a short position that lasted about 4 months before that company vanished. Trying again with FASA - the third time with a company that didn't last long enough after I joined for me to become the "next big thing", I did what any self-respecting game designer would do and went into self-publishing, creating a bi-monthly magazine and roleplaying system about giant monsters which had a very successful international run that lasted just over a year and a half.



The Writer Guy

I have written and consulted for Image Comics on several popular titles, including a #13 best-selling issue which sold well over half a million copies. I've also won several prizes for best author.

What I do

My profession by trade is a teacher - I teach everything from Mathematics to English (with a whole lot in between) to kids from 1st to 9th grade. It's the most rewarding, meaningful job that I've ever had in my life. The feeling I get when I make a breakthrough with a student is one of the best things in life...

...well that, along with crushing my enemies, seeing them driven before me, and hearing the lamentation of the women.

Here's a page of my favorite films, TV, and music and whatnot, if you're interested.