Picture taken in Stowe Vermont at Trapp Family Lodge
Hello my name is James Mann. I created this web site to maintain a presence on the web. In this and associated pages you can find out more about me, and about the various things that interest me. My other pages are a resume page, a card game, and my cake portfolio page. My resume page is a page that contains a reproduction of my resume rendered in html. If you are looking for someone to fill a position in your company than I urge you to spend a moment looking through my resume. The card game on my web site features one of my first efforts at java applet programming. I mainly did this for a class, but I decided to keep my work and include it with my web site. The rules are easy. The game is just a simple high/low card game. I have also made a page to display pictures of the cakes I decorate. Cake decorating is a new hobby of mine and if you would like to see examples of my work check out my cake page. I hope that you enjoy my site. Please feel free to contact me at jwmann.geo@yahoo.com.
About Me
Childhood
I was born in Mississippi. My father was in the air force so we moved shortly after I was born. We actually moved a lot so I will give you the quick run through: Mississippi 6 months, Nebraska 3 years, Germany 3 years, Alabama 6 months, Colorado 3 years, Texas 2 years, Iceland 2 years, Virginia 2 years, Italy 1 year. So as you can see I spent my childhood all over the place. I attended 11 schools in 4 different countries. This made my childhood interesting. I was able to see many incredible places and I was able to have many different experiences.
| Base chapel in Iceland | Rare view of a snow capped Mt. Vesuvius in Italy |
College
While my family was still living in Italy I started college at Simon's Rock College of Bard in Gt. Barrington, MA. I spent 2 incredible but often difficult years at SRC and earned an A.A. degree. I then transferred to Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI. I finished my B.S. in biology at MTU in 2 years. College was an exciting time. I learned a lot about life over 4 years. Both of my colleges were beautiful scenic places. I met many wonderful people and still talk to and occasionally visit some of the friends I made in college.
| Winter carnival at MTU | A building on the MTU campus |
Present
I have lived in Columbus, OH a long time now. I work at The Ohio State University as a Research Assistant in the Department of Plant Cell and Molecular Biology. The lab I work in is a Molecular Genetics Stock Center called the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center.
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| Old Man's Cave in Ohio | A picture of a sunset taken off of rt.30 in Ohio |
Family
My father is a retired lt.col. from the Air Force. My mother was a teacher at one time but chose to give up her career to raise my brother, my sister and me. They all live in Virginia now. Most of my extended family lives in Michigan.
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| A picture taken at colonial Williamsburg in Virginia | A picture of my grandparents place in Michigan | |||||||||
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| A picture of squirrels at my grandparents place in Michigan | A picture of swans at my grandparents place in Michigan |
Hobbies & Interests
Because of my childhood I really like to travel. Along with this I also enjoy taking pictures of the places I visit as you can see from the examples I have included on this page. I have recently visited Tennessee, Vermont, Florida, Michigan, Virginia, and Canada. I also enjoy skiing in the winter. One of my trips to Vermont was to go skiing and I also routinely get a season pass here in Ohio. I like to cook and I have started decorating cakes on a semi-professional basis. I enjoy various forms of entertainment: Movies, videogames, and music performances (classical and Rock). I like to swim and I used to play soccer but rarely get the opportunity now.
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| Disney World in Florida | The Trapp family lodge in Stowe, Vermont | |||||||||
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| The Deleware Mine near Houghton, Michigan. | The view from the top of Mt Mansfield in Vermont | |||||||||
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| The Ausable Chasm in New York | Picture taken while skiing at Smugglers Notch in Vermont |
Conclusion
Well now you know a little about me please check out my other web pages via the links at the bottom of this page. Here are a few more pictures to finish things out.
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| A picture of the Smugglers Notch ski trails in Vermont | Sterling Pond in Vermont | |||||||||
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| Strange looking trees in Williamsburg Virginia | A waterfall in Tennessee |
I appreciate the time that you have taken to look over my main page. I would like to encourage you to take a look at my other pages while you are here. If you would like to sign my guest book then please click here. I modify this site from time to time so check back soon. This site was last modified on 9/23/2006.
| RESUME | CARD GAME | CAKE PAGE |
