Born: Santa Barbara, California Work: At various times I have: bussed tables, delivered mattresses, painted houses, worked in a machine shop, worked for an ad agency, worked at Santa Barbara Magazine, Islands magazine, and Serbin Communications Favorite sports: cycling, sailing Favorite foods: tri-tip, cheeseburgers Favorite hobby: curio & relic firearms Favorite movie: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Favorite quote: “The simplification of anything is always sensational.” – GK Chesterson My coffee: Black as the devil and hot as hell Stranded on a desert island my three favorite books would be: Moby Dick, Two Years Before the Mast, Memoirs of an Invisible Man