About Me

I’m an artist, podcaster, gamer, biker, martial artist, computer geek, but most importantly – I’m a father.

BIO

I’m the producer of the Parsec Award winning Variant Frequencies podcast. In January 2006, along with my wife, Anne, and our friend, Matt Wallace, started Variant Frequencies, a monthly podcast of original fiction. I’m also the producer of the acclaimed podiobook, The Failed Cities Monologues by Matt Wallace.

Podcasting isn’t the only thing I do. I’m Vice President of Corbin Design, a nationally recognized environmental graphic design firm located in Traverse City, Michigan that works with clients around the country to improve the way people access places and information. Established in 1976, the firm has grown to become a national leader in wayfinding and environmental graphic design.

In 1995 I was one of the founders of CherryMUG, The Traverse City Macintosh User Group. I was president of that group for six years. I still run the web site and the email list for them.

Other Stuff

I’ve participated in role playing games (RPG) since 1976. I was introduced to D&D by some friends that I worked with at the time. We worked midnights in a mental hospital. The hardest part of that job was staying awake. So, believe it or not, we actually were able to play D&D during the night, while getting paid. They let us do it because they wanted us to stay awake, and it kept us awake.

I was a theatre major in college. In 1981 I moved to California (I was born there, but grew up in Michigan) with some friends. At the time we thought we wanted to be in “the movies.” It didn’t take long for me to figure out that it wasn’t really the business for me. I did carpentry work for a couple of years and then got into bartending.

Bartending was a pretty good gig. I was only working two days a week, but made enough to live on in L.A. That gave me a lot of free time, so one day a picked up an airbrush at a local art store. That airbrush changed my life. I fell in love with the airbrush. It was a fantastic tool that let me express my creativity. I actually come from a family of artists. So, the talent was there, I just hadn’t planned to really pursue it. I spent time learning the airbrush and then took some classes at Otis-Parsons. That was a great experience and launched by career as an artist.

Life changed a lot after that. Anne and I moved to Chicago in 1985. Then to Grand Rapids, Michigan. We were in G.R. until 1992 when I got a job with Corbin Design in Traverse City, Michigan. Which is funny, because I had always swore that I’d never live farther north than Grand Rapids. But, it was a great opportunity. We have been here ever since.