Dec. 1967 - Born in white ghetto suburbia Portland, OR. 1972 - Moved to white ghetto suburbia, Bay Area, CA. 1986 - Graduated High School, WGS, CA. 1986 - 1990 UCSB Political Science, BA. Fall 1989 - Intern, Rep. George Miller, Washington DC. October, 1990 - Moved to Aspen, CO for "one year". 1993 - Intern, Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, CO 1994 - Intern, High Country News, Paonia, CO 1995 - Started first painting company, Aspen, CO. 1998 - Married, Aspen, CO. 1999 - Expecting 1st child, panicked, fled CO to Bay Area, began real estate appraisal career. 2000 - Fed raises interest rates to "cool" hot economy, kills refi- business: leave CA, move in with inlaws Memphis, TN. May, 2001 - Second child born. Sept. 11, 2001 - Lost FedEx contract painting aircraft ground support equipment. Oct. 2001 - Returned to Aspen, CO, paint crew foreman. Nov. 2003 - Start up new painting company, Big Island, Hawaii.