about me

LIFE HIGHLIGHTS

1978: born in tennessee
1995: first part-time job
1997: met my future wife
1997: graduated high school
1998: started ebay business
1998: started dating my future wife
2001: graduated college
2001: moved to atlanta
2005: graduated pharmacy school
2005: published first book
2005: moved to ohio
2005: started work as a pharmacist
2007: got married
2008: published second book
2010: contributed to an award-winning book
2010: moved back to tennessee
2011: helped build our japanese pagoda
2013: started running as a hobby
2013: three week vacation in japan
2014: ran first half-marathon
2014: three week vacation in europe
2015: ran first marathon
2016: net worth (savings + retirement + home) hit one million
2016: first sub-five-hour 100 mile solo cycle without aero equipment
2017: portfolio (savings + retirement) hit one million
2017: retired after twelve years without having missed a day of work
2017: ran first sub-three-hour marathon
2018: net worth (savings + retirement + home) hit 1.5 million
2018: won two marathons with two course records (including the state championship)
2019: ran four sub-eighty-minute half marathons (including winning the state championship)
2019: net worth (savings + retirement + houses) hit 2.0 million
2021: net worth (savings + retirement + houses) hit 2.5 million
2021: net worth (savings + retirement + houses) hit 3.0 million 
2022: net worth (savings + retirement + houses) hit 3.5 million
2022: qualified for the most elite of the world major marathons (berlin)
2024: net worth (savings + retirement + houses) hit 4.0 million


HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

running (which I hate but do anyway)
cycling (which is very uncomfortable)
swimming (which I'm terrible at)
weightlifting (which I'm even worse at)
bowling (best game in league play: 225)
kayaking (recreational or intensive)
film (classic, art house, foreign - especially japanese) : FAVORITES
music (mostly classic rock from the 60s-90s) : FAVORITES
vintage video games (particularly nes and snes) : FAVORITES
reading (mostly classics and non-fiction) : FAVORITES
watching television (not so much anymore) : FAVORITES
building things (just getting started)
picking up litter (scumbags live out here)
card collecting (1970s-1980s sports cards and garbage pail kids)
deconverting religious adherents (spoiler alert: most of it is false)
rubik's cube (getting the hang of it, now under two minutes)
painting (bob ross style, and not so much)
writing (two non-fiction and a sci-fi novella thus far)
improving my spanish (decent) and japanese (survival level)
studying astronomy and paleontology (and cartography to an extent)
managing the investment portfolio (not much to it)
volunteering (natural history museum tour guide, ESL teacher)
new volunteer ideas (running coach, political campaigns, ice cream truck)
traveling (visited 50 states and 33 countries)
hiking, exploring, and mapping the woods (we have a bit of these)
hanging out with friends (when they have the time)
eating out (my financial independence weakness)
spending time with my wife and dog (basset hound)
surfing the internet (way too much time wasted on this)


RUNNING RECORDS

1 Mile - 5:12
5k - 17:37
10k - 36:39
Half Marathon - 1:17:38
Full Marathon - 2:42:26