Gender	Male
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Art Teacher
Location	Moline, IL, United States
Introduction	I am a retired Navy Veteran. I retired as a MA1 (SW) / LT. I served 24 years. I was a BM3 on the Battleship, where I worked as a Lower Powder Door Operator for Left 16 inch Gun of turret 3, a Cargo Handler at CHB5, a pantry cook on a cruiser, a Cook 2nd class on carrier, a security tech in Newport Rhode Island, a Master at Arms 1st class on the Belleauwood and a Training Officer for the Sea Cadet Corp at Great Lakes. IL. I served in the Navy from 1984 until 2007. Have a MA in Sociology, BA Theology, BA Art, AAS General Education, AA Business, and AS Culinary Arts.
Interests	Karate: Black Belt in Shurinju Ryu Karate Do, Shuri Ryu, Jujitsu, American Kenpo, and Hung Gar; Red Belt in Tae Kwon Do, Art; Photo Art, Drawing Mermaids and Surrealism Pictures, Still Lifes and Expressionism painting, Photography; Girls, Flowers, Trees, etc. Cooking; Polish Food, Studying at Western Illinois University working toward my MFA, Playing Madden NFL Video Games, Watching movies; Martial Arts, Sci-Fi, and Football. And Reading Novels and Religious books of various types.
Favorite movies	Enter the Dragon, Karate Kid, Titanic, Blade Runner, Starship Troopers, Pirates of the Caribbean, Bounty Varsity Blues, The Eye, Awake, and Into the Blue. This is to name a few of my favorites. Basically I like Karate, Football, Sea-Going, Sci-Fi, and Jessica Alba movies.
Favorite music	Kiss because they are eternal, AC/DC, Van Halan, Billy Joel, Cat Stevens, Simon and Garfunkle, Asia, Air Supply, Chicago, Carrie Underwood, Amy Grant, and Micheal W. Smith.
Favorite books	Poison, The Miko, And Than there were None, The Time Machine, Frankenstein, and The Gospel of Mary. This is to name a few. Basically I like anything from Ed McBain, Eric Van Lustbader, Agatha Christy, HG Wells, and Gnostic Religous Books.

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