Born and raised in northeast Iowa. Shaped mostly by years in the Army and more years as a Faceless Corporate Puke.

I earn my living now as a freelance commercial writer. I spend my free time loafing aimlessly in the mountains (I tell my family I'm 'hunting,' 'fishing,' 'hiking', or something like that) and trying to become a noted fiction writer. Or even a published fiction writer.

I'm the guy who wrote the book on the animal rights movement. See the Books section on my Web site.

Oh, and I'm remaking the world in my image. Progress reports will be posted periodically. So far, so good. A guy's got to have goals.

In between all that, I amuse myself by being a semi-notorious local political gadfly and general pain in the ass.