I know, you're all just itching to know more about me, who I am, what I do for a living - why this unnatural obsession with chickens. These are the questions that people ask me everyday. Usually my wife - and my boss. And while writing profiles is not my strongest skill, I'll give it a try.

I'm a thirty-something (wasn't that an annoying show) script programmer for a major consumer banking company based in the Midwest. I was born in Virginia, near Richmond, and have lived in 9 (now) states, and in two different countries (on two separate continents), before finally meandering my way out here. This is the point where I usually get asked why I moved to the Midwest - it's my wife's fault. She's very cute, and she stamped her little foot and told me to. So here I am.

I am the father of three beautiful children - and I will keep on saying that as long as I am legally obligated to. Seriously, my kids are a joy, and I love them. Especially now that I can devote all that daycare money to legos.

I've been building with Legos since I was a kid - since 6 or 7 anyway, as the bottoms of my parents feet will readily attest to. However, I went into a dark age in my late 20's, and put my legos away, I thought, for good. I had other interests, mostly Dungeons and Dragons and computers, but for some reason I never got rid of the legos I had. I kept them, in a box, and they moved with me out here when I came. My dark age ended when Episode II of Star Wars came out. I saw the ARC-170 kit at a local Wally-world and picked it up, mostly on a whim, and I was once again, hooked. Just hooked. Since then, I have probably tripled my orignal lego collection.

My other serious interest is railroading. I've added a section to my website on trains, both prototypcail and model. As I don't have room for an actual model railroad, I'll have to be content with failfanning the Iowa Interstate Railroad and armchair modelling for the time being. As a small child, my grandparents home was right along the main rail line between Richmond, Va and Washington, DC. Watching the trains running back and forth along that line started a love affair that has, like my fascination with Lego blocks, never really died. I hope you also enjoy your journey along with me.