my first post

I am writing this intro because I am certainly not,” Eye Candy.” Unfortunately my major skill set is falling down and getting back up; both figuratively and literally.

I have been fortunate in that I have done everything that I ever wanted to do at least once. (Some things I would like to do again)

Most of the time I will try something, it will not work out the way I planned and I will adjust accordingly.

Once in a while I will try something and realize that I never want to do that again.

When I was young I was a photographer in an age when pictures were on paper and film. It was an artistic medium that helped me meet some cool people.

I “push” processed black and white film so that I could shoot ISO 400 film at 1600. I developed 8 rolls of film a day in the bathtub. I bracketed shots and took hundreds of photographs a day. I used contact sheets to determine which of those photos to print. I would buy black and white film 100 feet at a time and roll it onto custom film rolls;skill sets that are antiquated now.

As I entered college my local fire department needed a photographer. I went to my first drill and was told,”your gear is over there, get it and get on the truck.” I did and after a car was set on fire and the tires exploded, the memory of a scene from the movie Apocalypse now came into my head the scene where young soldier in the helicopter is repeating and he’s not going just before someone yanks him out of our country. At the moment I decided I needed to go to firefighter one training. I went to firefighter one to find out what I could do. Went to firefighter to to learn how to stay out of the way. I went to hazardous material school. I Went to several International Association of Arson investigators training seminars; when I was young Palm Beach Fire and Rescue considered getting me drunk a sport. ( in later years I became too much of a control freak and limited myself to a drink 4 times a year. My birthday, the Navy’s birthday, the offices Christmas party and New Years.)

Later I became a fire service instructor.

Even later I became an ordained minister and I have been fortunate enough to be able to marry people I care about.

In 2002 I traded my fire service for combat boots.

I hope to use this platform to help people generate income through content creation