• Grew up in Michigan in the 80's
• Worked in the automotive industry programming logic controllers for conveyor and vehicle scheduling systems
• Started doing 3D CAD in the early 90's
• Started web programming in the late 90's
• Involuntarily retired in 2005
• Discovered Blender in 2008
• Now living as a hermit in the woods trying to be free
• And has been listening to Ernie since 2009