I was born in Chicago Heights, IL. I grew up in Homewood, IL. I attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School and I graduated from Caltech in 1969. I lived in Los Angeles, CA for 24 years. Shelly and I were married November 27, 1988. We moved north in 1989 and we now live in Issaquah, WA with our children Bobby and Stacia.
I worked as a software developer and manager of software developers for many years. I had my own company Inner Loop Software for most of the 1980's and later worked for Microsoft. I retired from Microsoft in September of 1996.
I'm a DJ on KBCS, 91.3 FM, Bellevue/Seattle. The show is called "Lunch With Folks" and it's all folk music, generously defined. It's on every weekday from noon to 3pm. I'm the Tuesday host. Also, I'm active in the Seattle Folklore Society Concert Committee.
I have played acoustic fingerpicking guitar for about 40 years now, and lately the ukulele and other instruments. Years ago I wrote a social bulletin board system (BBS) called DLX, which many people used. I'm interested in genealogy. Here are compact trees of my ancestors and my wife Shelly's ancestors. If you're very lucky, you might even find me on 2m ham radio (KI7KJ).Anyone who knows me could tell you that I've always wanted to sample Mary Ann's coconut cream pie. Speaking of food, here's some tips on vegetarian restaurants.
