About Me...
When the opportunity presented itself -- special thanks go to Mark R. for that -- I decided to finally do something about all the "Hey, you should be a writer" comments I've heard over the years... The truth is, I was the one often saying it -- this is really something I've wanted to do for a long time... Now that might surprise those who know me as a career finance-guy, but then again, those who REALLY know me know I've never been a "typical" accountant...
So I stepped off the edge and out of my comfort zone and GAME 7:Dead Ball is the result.
Looking back...
I was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia and consider myself a "Philly Guy"... Say what you will about the city, but those were my formative years and I'd never change a thing about it... After a brief stay in Darby (not that I remember), I spent the next 20-or-so years with my two older brothers in Milmont Park... in fact, my parents still live there.
After college -- Widener University -- I got married and moved with my wife and son to Springfield (Delaware County)... We added a daughter while we lived there and stayed until 1995 when a new job took us west to the Pittsburgh region and our current home in Washington, PA.
Today...
Our son kept going west all the way to Hollywood, California... he is an associate producer for a cable TV network and maker of short films (check out his latest)... Our daughter is pursuing a communications degree at Temple University in Philadelphia...
The kids' absence from the house is more than compensated for by Rocky and Penny -- our two other "children"...
When I'm not writing, I can be found partaking in one of my other interests: yard-work, umpiring PONY League baseball games, reading, doing a crossword puzzle, or watching something on TV (any Philly team will do)...
I am an avid baseball fan and love the two-time defending National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies (former WFC's; they'll get that title back in 2010)... Both give me as much pleasure -- and discomfort -- as my family…
Well, almost...