Greetings

As this is my first post to my blog it seems appropriate to say "Welcome" to my corner of the web. I am not sure yet how I will use this blog but I have some ideas. Hopefully I will have the time and interest to keep this going.

This probably belongs in my "about me" section (and may end up there eventually) but I would like to mention a few things that keep me busy and things that interest me. I am a software engineer in the telecommunications industry and have been doing this for too many years. When I am not working I stay busy with my family and various hobbies. These hobbies including computer gaming, web surfing, listening to contemporary Christian music and watching college football (go OU!).

One of my other passions is Oklahoma high school basketball though I live in Illinois. Thanks to some wonderful web sites (www.coachesaid.com and www.okrankings.com) I am able to follow high school basketball from my home state from 750 miles away. One of my guilty pleasures is making a road trip to OKC each March to watch the Oklahoma small school state basketball tournament. I have been doing this for the past 4 years and have no plans to stop. I am able to see 16 games in 3 days of the best small schools in the state. Hoops heaven for me, especially as I have been reading about these teams and players all season leading up to these state championships.

Again, welcome to my blog!