- A federal employee who will be retiring next year due to the closing of my place of work (Fort McPherson, GA, which is located in Atlanta).
- A retired Army Reserve Officer (lieutenant colonel) who participated as a Army Headquarters staff officer in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- An active tax consultant who prepare all types of individual returns, small business returns, the occasional partnership return, and non-resident alien returns. This tax business will be my primary source of income starting in 2012. Because of the tax business, I do NOT play poker AT ALL from 15 January to 30 April each year.
- A recreational poker player who plays on-line (PokerStars and BoDog) and live (mostly at Las Vegas and some in Biloxi).
- A moderately avid science fiction reader. mostly military SciFi.
- A family man (I have EIGHT children, oldest being 31 and youngest being 17).
- A moderate Republican who thought the Republican got what they deserved in 2008, but wonders what will be left when the American people come to their senses and make Obama a one-term president.
This blog will address any of the topics listed above, plus anything else I think relevent (it is, after all, MY blog).
Any and all who read it can comment (and disagree) to their hearts content as long as their language is civil and their tone respectful.