Welcome to my web site.

About me
I live in Carmel, California. I am recently retired. In the past I have worked as a computer consultant, writer, public-school teacher, and, manager of my wife's general surgery practice. Previously, I lived in Fresno, Chicago, D.C., and Tacoma. I am an avid baker and cook, hiker, and traveler.

I am a computer engineer by training, a problem-fixer by avocation, and an all around computer geek. I'm old enough to have programmed FORTRAN on Hollerinth cards and written interpreted BASIC on a Teletype machine. I wrote a very good book (now in its 3rd edition) that's an introduction to SQL using Microsoft's SQL Server.