This is a fun thread - to paraphrase the words of Montgomery Scott from the new Star Trek movie - "I like this Kindleboards, it's exciting!'
Ok, my turn.
1. Was born in San Antonio, Texas but raised in Del Rio, Texas on the border.
2. Loved messing with photography since high school, and used to have a black and white darkroom. Still love the look of good black and white photography the best.
3. I am a gadget nut. i guess this stems from the cool handheld games I had as a kid. Comp IV was and still is one of my favorites.
4. Love videogames ever since I worked for two months saving up for an Intellivision when I was fresh out of high school - Astrosmash rocks (pun intended)
5. I have been a cop for 20 years now. 15 in Del Rio and 5 here in San Angelo. Love helping people.
6. Most depressing memory of being a cop - having one of my DARE kids come and ask me why we (the police) had arrested her daddy.
7. Most special memory of being a cop - having one of my DARE kids telling patrol officers she only wanted to talk to me because she trusted me.
8. I miss my granma every day. She was the most special person in my life. I still find myself picking up the phone to call her and she's been gone over 10 years now.
9. Have always loved reading books - especially science fiction. My favorite author is Robert A. Heinlein, and my favorite story of his is "The Door into Summer". It is like an old friend and many of his books are places I like to go to when I'm sad.
10. My father was gay and as such, I tend to be more tolerant than most cops general attitude towards homosexuality. I think it makes me a better person. People are people and their sexuality should not be a factor in their humanity or worth.
11. My wife and I met when she was 17 and I was 19. We lost contact and then began dating again when she had a daughter. I felt lucky to be part of their life. We then got married when we had a daughter when she was 21 and I was 23. We subsequently divorced when basically we didn't know how to fight without quitting. We were too young.Â
12. I married my second wife 5 years later.
13. After 11 years of marriage - both good and bad - my second wife and I had become more friends than husband and wife and divorced.
14. I moved back to San Angelo to be closer to my daughter and her sister.
15. Ended up re-marrying my first wife 5 years ago.
16. My 2nd wife moved to San Angelo to become a cop where I worked and my 1st/current wife invited her to live with us while she got acclimated. She lived in our spare bedroom for 1 1/2 years and is now one of my wife's best friends and they pick on me mercilessly. She also remains my best friend to this day and I help her every way I can.
17. Everyone thinks #11 - #16 is weird. (LOL)
18. I am 1/2 Scot and 1/2 German.
19. I love watches - does this count as gadgets?
20. Am addicted to the internet and information. I consider it to be like the world's biggest flea market/library/attic. Google is your friend.
21. Favorite movie of all time? Somewhere in Time - I cry every time when he finds that item in his pocket. It gives me shivers everytime I hear - "Come back to me".
22. Am an extreme romantic - I tend to tear up at Hallmark commercials. (and my wife picks at me mercilessly for this!)
23. Am just now finding out how much my sister and I are really alike.
24. My wife swears that cloning really exists in people and points at my daughter and I for proof.
25. Dream of living in Northern California or Colorado - anyplace colder and greener than West Texas.
Bonus: I am a life-long Trekker and love the Star Trek universe and all it's incarnations. (I'm such a geek!)
![:-\](/s3/kboards.com/data/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
never too sure about the weather in Florida in November...then there are the little critters you have to think about....maybe sleeping in a cabin isnt such a bad idea. 
