I am dyslexic. I did not read a book until I was in the seventh grade. Last year I read over 300 e-books. I drive a 1984 Jaguar XJ6 with a Corvette engine. I live out in the country with my wife. My wife lives with two dogs, five cats, and one grouchy old man. I serviced an apprentice as an auto mechanic. I hold seven US patents. My passion is writing. I built a rear engine dragster when I was eighteen. I built and flew radio controlled model airplanes. I taught electronics in the navy for three years. I retired as a senor engineering program manager. I showed mustang horse’s in western pleasure horse shows. I was a realtor for over seven years. I tripped over a piece of fencing and fractured my cervical spine I wore a aluminum, steel, and leather medical torture device called a halo for nineteen 19 weeks. I have $35,000 worth of titanium in my spine. I'm seventy six years old. I always let the young girls at the grocery store help me out to my car with the groceries.