Man. Husband. Dog and two cats. American. Californian. San Diegan. Jewish, nonobservant. Liberal Democrat. Commoner. Pluralist. Brother. Science fiction, fantasy and crime fiction fan. Ambler. Blogger. (it’s a dog’s breakfast. Expatriate New Yorker. Expatriate Long Islander. Former Bostonian and San Francisconian. Lost 100 pounds and kept it off for more than 10 years. Chief analyst, Fierce Network Research and executive editor, Fierce Network. Here’s my LinkedIn profile and portfolio. Favorite writers include Mark Twain, Robert A. Heinlein, Roger Zelazny, Joe Haldeman, Cory Doctorow, Katharine Kerr, Elmore Leonard, Robert B. Parker, Michael Connelly, Carl Hiaasen, Stephen King and Richard Russo. Enjoys long paragraphs and sentence fragments.

Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death

— Nelson Mandela