In the more than 25 years that I have been working in the IT industry, I have acquired the following certifications: MCSE, MCDBA, CCNP, CCDP, A+, Network+, i-Net+, Linux+, Server+, Security+, IT Project+, ITIL, COBIT, and a handful of others. Currently employed in Healthcare.

As a boy scout at heart, I am experiencing my 4th year of Aquaponics using Tilapia. I have learned from a lot of mistakes along the way. Now I'm also exploiting Hydroponics, and I've also created a wicking bed. I'm also dabbling with vermiculture and vermiponics. Have a large raspberry bush and looking to eventually create a food forest with more bushes and small trees in my backyard. A small food forest utilizing some permaculture rules.

Slowly moving towards vegetarianism/veganism, more for the health benefits. Although, I would prefer to eat free-range, ethical eggs rather than some of the possibly carcinogenic chemicals I see listed on some "vegan" products. I recently diagnosed and successfully treated my own enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia) with herbs, and I realized that I never see animal products listed as curing ailments; in fact, I regularly see them linked to causing them. I now regularly recommend herbal supplements to my friends and family for ailments.

Another hobby that is very time-consuming is genealogy. I have traced (but not yet completely validated) my tree and my wife's tree(s) back to the 1600's where a few of my ancestors were on the Mayflower, and hers were in Quebec. I have been slowly validating and pulling together some of the info into potential books and have found an online publisher that will publish the books and host the ordering online.

I'm also Bible scholar, researching by the reformation creed of Sola Scriptura. Have also studied most of the world religions. I came back to Christianity because the Bible is the only holy writing that has prophecy, and I figured an all-knowing loving God would communicate the future to us. If He wasn't loving or all-knowing, he wasn't worthy of my time or worship. As the Bible correctly predicts, the vast majority of the Christian world has drifted away from Christ-centric, Bible-based, humble Christianity and are Christian in name only.