Born: Santa Barbara, California

Work: At various times I have: bussed tables, delivered mattresses, painted houses, worked in a machine shop, worked for an ad agency, worked at Santa Barbara Magazine,
Islands magazine, and Serbin Communications

Favorite sports: cycling, sailing

Favorite foods: tri-tip, cheeseburgers

Favorite hobby: curio & relic firearms

Favorite movie: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Favorite quote: “The simplification of anything is always sensational.” – GK Chesterson

My coffee: Black as the devil and hot as hell

Stranded on a desert island my three favorite books would be: Moby Dick, Two Years Before the Mast, Memoirs of an Invisible Man