You didn’t think I was just a woodworker, did you? I’m actually keep very busy as the dad of two active boys and the husband of a very loving – and patient – wife.

My ‘day job’ is as an emergency preparedness Public Information Officer for Pinellas County government. I have written a lot of the information that appears on our emergency management page. I do presentations and prepare information about all hazards we face in our community – from hurricanes and tornadoes to pandemic flu and hazardous materials incidents.  In fact, you can also see me in several videos on the site as well, such as Shuttering Your Home, Charley’s Aftermath and Hurricanes for Kids.

www.pinellascounty.org/emergency

Since I am a weather nerd, I like to get lots of information about the weather. One of my favorite sites is Weather Underground, which was established by Dr. Jeff Masters of the University of Michigan. This is an awesome weather site with a very active meteorology community. I visit this site a few times a day – or more – if the weather warrants it. And, yes, I have a blog there as well.

http://www.wunderground.com

I do most of my work at home on a Macintosh computer. I started using them back in 1989 while at college, and I have been using them since. I find that Macs are easier to use and maintain than PC’s. In previous years, I wrote a regular column called Apple Cider for an online Macintosh magazine called About This Particular Macintosh (ATPM). You can view the archive of my articles online.

http://www.atpm.com/Back/cider.shtml

One of my other favorite hobbies is cooking.  I love to try new recipes in the kitchen, and I’ll go to any nationality’s cuisine.  Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Cajun.. if it tastes good, I’ll cook it.  One of my favorite sites for recipes is the Food Network. They have a great collection of recipes that includes what you see on TV and those from cookbooks.  A great resource.

What goes better with food than wine?  I’m no snobbish wine sophisticate. I just  love the drink.  In places like Italy and Spain, the wines are meant to be drunk by common folk as an accompaniment with dinner or by themselves – definitely not something exclusive.  I buy many my wines at Total Wine, but I will also go online at Wine.com for special bottles.

I attended college at the University of Maryland, College Park. Those were four of the best years of my life (the ones I can remember, of course). It was, and still is, an excellent university in spitting distance of Washington, DC.

http://www.umd.edu