I'M ALWAYS "IN THE MOOD" FOR SOME GOOD CHAT, A GOOD SMOKE (CAMEL!!...we won't discuss the college days!! LOL), A GOOD BEER (OR TWO, OR SIX), & SOME GOOD MUSIC!! MY INTERESTS INCLUDE: ALL MUSIC (EXCEPT RAP CRAP), GARDENING/HOUSEPLANTS, & FAMILY/AMERICAN HISTORY,(ESPECIALLY ABE LINCOLN!!). IF IT MATTERS, I WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 27th,(PISCES), IN THE GREAT YEAR OF 1956. IKE WAS PREZ, BUT THE FIRST PREZ I REMEMBER WAS KENNEDY (GUESS TV HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THAT!), AND I VOTED FOR NIXON WHEN I TURNED 18 (MY DAD INFLUENCED ME SOMEWHAT, & IN HINDSIGHT, NOT REALLY A BAD DECISION)...BUT, I'M AN ABE-REPUBLICAN TO THE BONE!! I'M A DIVORCED FATHER OF 3 GIRLS. MIRANDA, KATHRYN, AND REBECCA, CURRENTLY 23, 21, & 18 YEARS OLD. MIRANDA'S MARRIED, KATHRYN'S AT COLLEGE, & REBECCA'S AT HOME WITH HER MOTHER. ON APRIL 18, 2002, I REMARRIED, TO A WONDERFUL WOMAN WHO I HAD BEEN LIVING WITH SINCE '91, WANDA. AS OF 10-26-02, WA & I ARE KID-FREE!!! KRISTIN, OUR ONLY KID LEFT IN THE HOUSE, & HER (NOW) HUSBAND, SHAWN, ARE LIVING IN THEIR OWN PLACE. WHEN ALL OF THE KIDS ARE TOGETHER WITH US, IT'S A REGULAR "BRADY BUNCH".

MY DAD, GOD BLESS HIM, DIED IN 1994, BUT MOM IS STILL ALIVE AND KICKIN' (BIG TIME!! LOL!! GO MOM GO!!). I ALSO HAVE A LITTLE SISTER, 2 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME, BY THE NAME OF GWEN ("HEY...PUNK!!" LOL)

WANDA & I LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN, BETWEEN YORK & GETTYSBURG, PA, NAMED

I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN NAMED RED LION, PA, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF YORK, AND GRADUATED FROM RED LION HIGH SCHOOL IN 1974. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, IN 1975, I SPENT ONE GRUELING YEAR AT EAST STROUDSBURG COLLEGE OF PA...I JUST DIDN'T LIKE IT THERE!! IT WAS A "SUITCASE COLLEGE", AS THEY CALLED IT ('CAUSE 90% OF THE STUDENTS WENT HOME FOR THE WEEKENDS). AND ME, STUCK THERE WITHOUT A CAR, & NOT HAVING ANY OF MY HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS THERE, & BEING BASICALLY SHY AT THAT TIME, MEANT THAT I HAD NO LIFE, OTHER THAN BOOKS (NOT AN IDEAL SITUATION!!!). LOL MY MAJOR THERE WAS SECONDARY ED-HISTORY. BUT AT THAT TIME, TEACHERS WERE A DIME-A-DOZEN, SO, I REALIZED THAT I NEEDED TO FIND ANOTHER MAJOR. THIS PLACE WAS NOT FUN & I REALLY WASN'T INTO THE CLASSES (ALTHO' I LOVE ALL THINGS HISTORY). SO, IN 1976 I TRANSFERRED TO THE COLLEGE THAT I EVENTUALLY GRADUATED FROM, SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PA. A LOT OF MY FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL WERE THERE, & I FIGURED IT HAD TO BE BETTER. I WENT THRU 2 OTHER MAJORS (BUSINESS TYPE...WAY TOO MUCH MATH!!), & FINALLY SETTLED ON ONE OF MY LOVES--RADIO & TV (PEOPLE ALWAYS TOLD ME I HAD A GOOD RADIO VOICE). WELLLLL, BECAUSE I SUCKED IN THE BUSINESS CLASSES, I LOST A LOT OF CREDITS MY FIRST YEAR AT SHIP, SO, IN 1978, WHEN I SHOULD HAVE GRADUATED, I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CREDITS TO DO THAT. I RAN OUT OF MONEY & HAD TO LEAVE SHIP. MY DAD TOLD ME THAT IF I DIDN'T GET THAT "DAMN" DEGREE, THAT I OWED HIM ALL THE $$ HE & MOM HAD SUPPLEMENTED ME WITH DURING THE LAST 4 YEARS. TALK ABOUT INSPIRATION!!! IN 1980 I RECEIVED A BA IN COMMUNICATIONS-RADIO, TV, & FILM. THE YEAR I SHOULD HAVE GRADUATED FROM SHIP, HARDEE'S, A LOCAL FAST FOOD BUSINESS, WAS LOOKING FOR ASST. MGRs. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, "Hmmm...I ALREADY KNOW THIS BUSINESS (I WORKED FOR HARDEE'S AS A CREW MEMBER/SHIFT LEADER DURING MY HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE YEARS)...I CAN DO THIS JOB, & MAKE $$$ UNTIL I FIND A RADIO OR TV JOB!!.......I BECAME A HARDEE'S ASST. MGR. WORKED 40-45 HOURS A WEEK, & TOOK CLASSES AT YORK COLLEGE AT NIGHT TO COMPLETE MY CREDITS NEEDED TO GET THAT DAMN DEGREE!!! LOL WELLLLL...I STAYED AT HARDEE'S (WHICH IS NATIONWIDE NOW). IN FACT, I WORKED AS A GENERAL MANAGER OF VARIOUS HARDEE'S FOR 22 YEARS, AND, OVERALL, I WAS WITH THEM SINCE 1972.(HEY...it paid the bills, & I learned a HELL of a lot about human nature!!) I RECENTLY LEFT HARDEE'S, IN 2002, TO TRY TO FIND SOMETHING MORE FULFILLING TO ME; SOMETHING MORE STIMULATING; SOMETHING I ENJOY DOING!! I KNOW, I KNOW...YOU'RE SAYING,"AT YOUR AGE??" WELL, THE FRANCHISE THAT BOUGHT ALL THE HARDEE'S IN PA, WAS SUCH A RINKY-DINK, POORLY RUN COMPANY...NOT EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO CORPORATE HARDEE'S IN THEIR OPERATIONS...THAT I JUST COULDN'T HANDLE WORKING FOR THEM ANYMORE.

ON MAY 6, 2002, AFTER 2-1/2 MONTHS WITHOUT A JOB, I WAS HIRED AS A MANAGER BY BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO--MY JOURNEY INTO RETAIL; NO MORE FOOD FOR ME!!!