Historical 31st Fighter Group Aircraft
308th Squadron
31st Fighter Group
Married to Joyce 1985
Two kids, Quinton born 1995, Madelyn born 1997.
Born and raised in Chatham, New Jersey; lived there until 1966. Lived in Medford Lakes, New Jersey - 1966 to 1969. Lived in Fairfax, Virginia - 1969 to 1983. Lived in Evansville, Indiana - 1983 to 1984. Moved to Kirkland, Washington in 1984 (current residence), married Joyce in 1985.
Work background: Sheet Metal Mechanic, Residential/Commercial HVAC Contractor, Industrial Refrigeration/Controls Engineer, Industrial Control Systems Integrator. Current Employment: Lead Database Developer, Corbis.Com Consumer Site.
Hobbies: Music Composition; MIDI programming; Guitar, Keyboard, Vocals (former semi-pro musician); Canoeing; Mountain Bikes; Avid Reader (voracious, actually); Database Architecture (yeah, it's my job, but it's also my favorite hobby : ), and of course... Computer Gaming.
Flight Sims: Been there since beta of the original MS Flight Sim, back in '85. Historical Favorite: Original Red Baron. Current Favorite: Warbirds. Honorable Mention: Jane's US Navy Fighters... OK.. throw in Jane's Apache Longbow. Started Warbirds late version one: Squadrons - Red Raiders, Tempest, 78th FG, 31st FG.
Other Computer Games: Big-time RPG/Adventure/Strategy/RTS/FPS fan. Buy/play two to three games a month. Historical Favorite: Ultima Underworld. Former EverCrack addict - one day at a time : ).
Callsign History: Tune is a shredded pronunciation of a nearly-fictional family acquaintance from Wisconsin, a man named Tony - the older brother of a friend of ours (none of us ever actually met him, as he was a guest of the penal system). Over the years, me and my real (blood) brothers exaggerated the calling of his name, invoking our worst Sons-of-Knute accents, and it came out, "Tooney". As we exaggerated it even more over the years, the 'Y' sound at the end eventually dropped off, and it became, "Toon". Subsequently, the code-word for brother, inside my family, became "Toon". The last time I needed to create a WB account, the name "toon" was taken, so I harkened to my musical background and spelled out -tune-. The artist formerly known, in WB circles, as 'lumstr' and 'merlyn'.