Cars: I think about everything in terms of automobiles. I'm a car nut. I hang around with a bunch of fellow car nuts and gearheads. Except for the categorical Objects of our Obsession, we are no different that sports nuts, quilting enthusiasts, collectors of beer cans and train hobbyists.
Opinions: I've been opinionated since I was four or five. And never afraid to voice mine. (At first, my parents thought that was cute. Later ... very annoying.) I've been interested in politics since high school; the first Presidential election I followed was 1960. I watched the Kennedy-Nixon debate on television and, on election night, sat in front of the set with a piece of graph paper, plotting the returns as they came in and trying to extrapolate and project a winner.
I describe my politics as Pragmatic - Libertarian with a dash of Republican. Or Republican with a dash of Libertarian. Depends on my mood. And the phase of the moon. And whether or not I'm baying at it. I used to consider myself Centrist. Until the Center shifted.
Work: I have a Mechanical Engineering degree and was employed in both the rubber and plastics industries. I owned my own plastics manufacturing company from 1977 through 1989. Since then, I have been an independent management consultant, focusing on small to mid-sized companies. I am now mostly-retired and, therefore, have time to blog.
Writing: I've had articles published in numerous magazines - business, technical and automotive. I'm a three-time winner of the Golden Quill Award - for writing and publishing - from Old Cars Weekly. For eight years, I wrote a newspaper column, Doin' Business. I have authored or co-authored a total of seven books and contributed to several others.
Life: I'm happily married - once only, in 1966 - to the love of my life and have two wonderful grown children. I live in the Pacific Northwest, although I spent the first 35 years of my life in the Philadelphia area. |
