I reside in Baltimore, MD with my lovely wife, Valory, where I work as a Network Administrator and Web Developer for a medical company.
I received my Masters Degree from Johns Hopkins University, and currently guest lecture in area schools on Information Theory.
I am also a concert pianist, an avid chess enthusiast, and a practitioner of jiu-jitsu.

My favorite fiction author (and the one whom I dare not emulate) is Samuel Delany.

However, you can get a feel for my major influences by checking out my top ten favorite fiction books: