Bio

25 Things about me you probably didn’t know:

  1. I had insomnia as a child because I never wanted to miss anything
  2. I was afraid of the dark as a child but forced myself to get over it by sitting in the dark in the scariest place I could think of until I wasn’t scared anymore
  3. I remember my first computer… a 286 running DOS, we got it when I was 6
  4. My favorite activity as a child was reading+experimenting+learning things
  5. My second favorite activity as a child was fighting with other children
  6. My third favorite activity as a child was fighting with whoever happened to be in authority over me
  7. For three years I went to the Jewish School in Sacramento: Wore Kippot and Payot, and kept Kosher
  8. I dreamed of moving to Israel and becoming a rabbi
  9. For two years I went to a public school in Sacramento
  10. I beat up the kids at school who made fun of me for being Jewish
  11. I left public school when they wouldn’t let me skip a grade because of my “social problems”
  12. My first business venture was “Poop Scooping” when I was 14.
  13. My second business venture was “DNA Web Design” when I was 15.
  14. I have written at least a book’s worth of poetry
  15. The week after I was accepted into the Honor Society at my High School, I was suspended for insubordination
  16. I graduated from High School when I was 16
  17. I declined admission into MENSA because I didn’t want to pay the membership fees
  18. I subsequently took 8 years to graduate from College
  19. My college majors from start to finish were: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Biblical Theology and Linguistics, Journalism, Sociology, Liberal Studies, Math, Computer Science.  I graduated with Honors in Computer Science from CSUN
  20. I’ve never been diagnosed, but I’m pretty sure I have Cyclothemia
  21. I am a recovering perfectionist
  22. I worked as a software engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  23. My guilty pleasure is purchasing Domain Names (I have more ideas than I could possibly follow up with)
  24. I brainstorm about business, ministry, and just about anything else for fun.
  25. I’d give up all my dreams and aspirations if it meant bringing my Jewish people closer to Spiritual Revival.