Born in Louisville, Kentucky, in November 1982 and having moved to Pennsylvania, Charleston, West Virginia, and most recently to Columbus, Ohio, I'm an operations agent for a major airline at Port Columbus International Airport. Before attending West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, I graduated from George Washington High School in Charleston on 24 May 2001. I started postsecondary education straight out of high school, just like almost everyone.

I'm a road geek. I'm a sports geek. I'm a rabid fan of the West Virginia University Mountaineer football and basketball teams; I merely follow the school's other teams. I'm a rabid fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Pirates. My five favorite Major League Baseball teams are the Pirates, the Phillies, the Red Sox, the Toronto Bluejays, and whoever serves as the New York Yankees' opponent. (Side note: Look at what happens to every pro sports team I follow!) (Okay, so the Red Sox swept the Cardinals in 2004, and the Steelers beat the Seahawks in 2006 . . ..)