My blogs

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Gender	Male
Industry	Government
Occupation	Highway Engineer
Location	Mountains of North Carolina, United States
Introduction	A Fifty-niner (born in 1959), an Army Brat childhood (9 schools, 3 countries, in 12 years), Civil Engineer from Virginia Tech, proud graduate of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, commissioned USAF but no career. Beautiful children born from 1984 to 1998, a 19 year old in Iraq...Riding the wonderful roller coaster of marriage for 22 years. Marriage: The hardest and most worthwhile thing I've ever done. I love you Valerie. A career Traffic Engineer with state DOT, and an advocate of building communities that don't need cars. A student of Jesus Christ....
Interests	Hiking, Biking, Tubing, Soccer, Photography, Traveling, My Kids, Reading
Favorite movies	Saving Private Ryan (Private: Do you believe in the mission even if it's FUBAR? Captain: Especially if it's FUBAR.), Excalibur ("If a boy has drawn the sword, then a boy shall be king!"), The Sound of Music (because of the way your child feels with your arm wrapped around him or her)
Favorite music	Casting Crowns, MercyMe, Newsboys, Corrs, Leahy, Joe Sample, Dire Straights, Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers, Grover Washington Jr., Nelson Rangell, The Pirates of the Tuckaseigee, "The Return of the King" Soundtrack, and the United States Marine Corps Band
Favorite books	The New Testament (J.B.Phillips), The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkein), Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card), Suburban Nation, The Geography of Nowhere.