
Expelled my senior year from Gonzaga College High School in the District of Columbia, I was a high school drop-out for awhile, living the life of a musician, playing shows and trying to get my bands signed to record contracts.
I was accepted by the Catholic University of America despite having neither a high school diploma nor GED or SAT scores. I made Dean’s List, interned in the United States House of Representatives, and graduated with a BA in American History.
My career afterwards has taken me from managing a software store to database systems management to network administration to network emergency tech to web master to web developer to web designer to university professor.
What’s common to all these aptitudes and roles? Data management and design – the constant in all the information revolutions since Gutenberg.
Did I mention that I graduated from Gonzaga High School during my junior year at Catholic University?
After that I was an intern in the United States House of Representatives, made Dean's List, & graduated with a BA in American History and a minor in Philosophy.
After college I became a musician & songwriter, which I pursued as a living for a long time. Then I gave it up, utterly.
Currently I am an adjunct professor at Montgomery College, teaching such courses as Advanced Website Development; Fundamentals of Graphic Design; JavaScript, and other courses.
I've been an adjunct professor at George Washington University, teaching graduate, undergraduate and CE students in such courses as Professional Website Development; Interactive Web Design; Layout and Design of the Book, and Frame-By-Frame Animation.
Before that I taught courses in diverse departments & academic disciplines at the (original) Corcoran College of Art + Design. I was full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Digital Media by the time I left the Corcoran, where I spent 7 years teaching in the BFA Design Department, the New Media Photojournalism graduate program, and the Art History program.
Before that I was a member of the faculty at the Catholic University of America in the Department of Art and the Department of Media Studies.
I own a web development / design business - now in its 3rd decade - and work with clients of all types and sizes.
For years I was on the board of the Gonzaga Carmody Open. Founded in 1985, the Carmody Open is a 501(c)3 organization designed to raise scholarship funds for fatherless boys to attend Gonzaga College High School in the District. In its 4th decade, the annual Carmody Open Golf Tournament has raised millions of dollars in scholarship funds.
For years I was a board member of Choices, Inc. Choices, Inc. was a non-profit organization 501(c)3 for the development of resources for the sexuality education of persons with cognitive challenges and disabilities , as well as their parents, caregivers and staff.
For nearly 30 years, I have been studying American heritage while living a pop culture hermitage:
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2012 - Fiction
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1996 - Law
1992 - Fiction
2015 - Sports
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1944 - Fiction
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1950 - Fiction
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1992 - History
1958 - Fiction
2019 - Fiction
1977 - Sports
2015 - Biography & Memoir
1938 - Fiction
2007 - Fiction
1936 - Literature
1996 - Comedy & Humor
1968 - Non-Fiction
1975 - Fiction
1852 - Biography & Memoir
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1979 - Fiction
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1992 - Fiction
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1955 - Fiction
1952 - Fiction
1972 - Literature
1955 - Literature
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1943 - History
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1980 - Literature
2002 - History
1983 - Technology & Social Science
1937 - Cinema Studies & Television
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1976 - Journalism
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1990 - Fiction
2015 - Physics
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1953 - Fiction
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1990 - Sports
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1964 - History
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1971 - Literature
2020 - Physics
1981 - Fiction
1959 - Literature
1974 - Non-Fiction
1994 - Journals & Letters
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1903 - Literature
1996 - Biography & Memoir
1893 - Literature
2012 - History
1938 - Scripts & Screenplays
1971 - Literature
1997 - Literature
1987 - Law
1964 - Fiction
1966 - Fiction
2006 - Fiction
2016 - Science
1990 - History
1969 - Communication Theory
2002 - History
1935 - Fiction
1985 - Literature
1978 - Fiction
2005 - Journalism
2001 - Fiction
1989 - Comedy & Humor
2004 - Journalism
2008 - History
1996 - Literature
1927 - Literature
1923 - Fiction
1934 - Literature
2006 - Journals & Letters
2001 - Literature
2013 - History
2012 - Biography & Memoir
2005 - Fiction
2000 - Comedy & Humor
1960 - Literature
1971 - Literature
1983 - History
1937 - Literature
1930 - Literature
2003 - Physics
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1969 - History
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1986 - Law
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1922 - Fiction
1989 - Biography & Memoir
2006 - Literature
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1928 - Non-Fiction
1958 - Journalism
1951 - Literature
1992 - History
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1925 - Fiction
1949 - Literature
1997 - Journals & Letters
1948 - Scripts & Screenplays
2014 - Technology & Social Science
1965 - Non-Fiction
1995 - Literature
1991 - History
1887 - Biography & Memoir
1993 - Biography & Memoir
1854 - Literature
2014 - Art & Design
1988 - History
1975 - Fiction
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2001 - History
1955 - Fiction
1937 - Fiction
1985 - Biography & Memoir
1961 - Literature
1958 - Fiction
1941 - Literature
2001 - Journals & Letters
1932 - Literature
1953 - Journalism
1990 - Biography & Memoir
1959 - Fiction
1995 - Biography & Memoir
1991 - Journalism
1974 - Scripts & Screenplays
1955 - Literature
2015 - Biography & Memoir
2013 - Physics
1954 - Journalism
2007 - History
1954 - Fiction
1940 - Fiction
1993 - Scripts & Screenplays
1833 - Biography & Memoir
2017 - Physics
1956 - Communication Theory
1977 - Biography & Memoir
2017 - Poetry
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1970 - History
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1949 - Scripts & Screenplays
1971 - Journalism
1970 - Fiction
2003 - Law
1925 - Fiction
2015 - Art & Design
1977 - History
1974 - Fiction
1993 - Biography & Memoir
1932 - Fiction
1890 - Journalism
1992 - Literature
1941 - Literature
1998 - Biography & Memoir
1945 - Literature
1962 - Communication Theory
1995 - History
1968 - Fiction
1943 - History
1957 - Fiction
2004 - Art & Design
1947 - Literature
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1958 - History
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1968 - Art & Design
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1960 - History
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1995 - Biography & Memoir
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1957 - Literature
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1948 - Literature
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2008 - Physics
1930 - Math
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1964 - Communication Theory
Books Read:
January 2010 — March 2023.
That's 1 book every 9.11 days or 3.34 books a month for 13.25 years.
Every title on this list is a 100% genuine book, of course.
That is to say, not one was consumed on a device.
Average year of publication? 1970.
Click here to see more photos from the Washington Post Magazine shoot, as well as other photos taken over the last 18 years as this space has evolved.
Ed Walker, one of the Joy Boys, brought back the golden days of radio every Sunday night for 30 years.
Gunsmoke. Jack Benny. Dragnet. Lum 'n Abner. The Shadow. News of the day, much more.
The Big Broadcast played on WAMU FM on Sunday nights, mostly from 7 to 11.
Eddie Stubbs's Sunday show on WAMU FM played a variety of classic honkytonk, traditional country and vintage bluegrass + deep catalog favorites.
This was a show for listening to while drinking beer in the sun in the afternoon, great music delivered with unique insight.
The "Obsolete Music Hour" played rare classic recordings of bluegrass, country, string bands, honky tonk, western swing, blues, gospel & old world music.
Off-the-air live recordings of a now-defunct station playing all sorts of great American popular music from the mid-20th century, back when music was good.
You'll also find some Baltimore Orioles post-game highlights from the mid-1980s.
From elections to 9/11 to the war on terror, these off-the-air live recordings of events of the day are from NPR on WAMU FM.