About Me

My career is in software development. I run a software company that focuses on systems for human services. You can find out more about it at www.controltec.com. I love my work, as there are no two days ever where I have to do the same thing. My work is creative, ever different and challenging.

I enjoy writing about what concerns me at the time. On the right side of this blog you can see the various categories that I have written about. There are over 900 posts in this blog by now.

All the journals tell you to focus a blog to get an audience. I am interested in too many different subjects, and it would take about 20 different blogs to write about them topically. Since I am not looking to build an audience, really, this will need to do, at least for now.

I review every book I read. By clicking on Books on the right side you can traverse my reading over the last few years. Sometimes people come here for a book summary or cliff notes. That is not the intent of my book reviews. I try never to spoil a book. If I put in a spoiler, I delineate it very clearly, so you know where to stop reading.

I  review every movie I watch (not that many, really). By clicking on Movies on the right – you get the idea. Also, I do not spoil the movie. If for any reason I do, I always warn clearly.

I review books or movies mostly for myself, so when I come back five years from now and I can’t remember if I watched a movie or read a book, I not only can check here, but I can check whether I liked it. My memory seems to be fading and it’s hard to believe, I’ll watch a movie, and I forget all about it a few months later. This has helped.

I am an oil painter, and I like to show off my work here. Check under painting. I paint nowhere near enough, but I love doing it.

Then there is hiking and nature. From time to time I show off my hikes, routes, descriptions and pictures here. Check Hikes if you are interested.