II was born, a white boy, to a black sharecropper in Mexico, Missouri in 1960. Segregation still ruled there in the mid-60's. so, I grew up somewhat confused as to my place in the world. I figured I'd become a priest. Even took 4 years of Latin, in preparation for the seminary. Then I discovered chicks and beer. Now I live in the shadows of Hades. I graduated high school, enlisted into the military where I spent 9 years. I married my high school sweetheart 33 years ago, and have two great kids..a son and daughter, with the sweetest two granddaughters in the world. Continuing a formal education in microbiology, as time will allow, studying little bugs under magnification and identifying them by means of staining and their metabolic characteristics. Favorite foods: Chili, beans (in general) cabbage, apples and kim-chee. AND BEER !!!