RETIREDAfter "50 years at hard labor"​, I finally decided to treat myself to doing what I wanted to do rather than just what I was required to do. I've since worked harder than I can recall ever having worked before. There was so much to be experienced, and so many tasks to be accomplished that I actually found less disposable time available than when working a regularly scheduled, full-time job. A full-time job demands so much of our attention that we don't realize how little we actually accomplish. With few brief exceptions, I've spent my entire life in the technological arena... and now, how I loathe that field. I much prefer interacting with human beings... rather than machines. I use a personal computer, in my home office, primarily as a necessary evil (I can't even find ribbons for my typewriter anymore). And I do appreciate the communication capabilities presented for such forums as the one I'm using at the moment. But you won't catch me with a SMART PHONE or iPad. I have a cell phone... but it's used exclusively for making and receiving VOICE telephone calls. Interesting concept, what? Using a phone as a phone? I also use a camera as a camera. My favorite word processor is a pencil and a paper notebook . I read BOOKS (bound paper volumes you can touch) that can be read under a tree in the park without glare on a screen or worrying about a battery going dead. It is, perhaps, ironic that the happiest and proudest moments of my life were during the years I was a Customer Engineer for the world's largest scientific mainframe computer manufacturer, CONTROL DATA CORPORATION. The era 1970-1986. Not just coincidentally encompassing the Disco Era.Current Interests include Behavioral Sciences (particularly CBT) and writing.Born in Ironton, Ohio. Left to join the USAF in 1966. Returned to the area in August 2013Part-time, unarmed Public Safety Officer at the Ashland Town Center Mall from September 17, 2014 through 05/23/2020. The mall closed during the pandemic spike in March 2020. When the mall re-opened, corporate management would not authorize enforcement of the mandated wearing of face masks . Therefore, I submitted my resignation.So, now, I am mostly idle and without any apparent purpose. After a lifetime of assisting in keeping machines and companies running, I may have outlived my usefulness. But, who knows what tomorrow will bring?I finally finished a book I'd been working on for what seemed like forever: Of Fear Itself. Published the 2nd edition in three formats 12/31/2019. Available from LULU.com and AMAZON.