Employment
- Owner/photographer, The Blackthorn Studio, Austin, Texas, 1982 to present
- Projectionist, Dobie Twin Screens, Austin, Texas 1984-85
- Projectionist, Village Cinema Four, Austin, Texas, 1983
- Cashier, Circle K Ice House, Austin, Texas, 1982 (really broke)
- Audio-Visual technician, LBJ Library, Austin, Texas 1975-1982
- Photographer, PhotoTec Party Photos, Austin, Texas 1975-77
- Photo Lab technician, Hoover Presidential Library, W. Branch, IA, 1975
- Hand, Sugar Bottom Horse Farm, Tiffany, Iowa, winter 1975
- Photo Editor, Dowagiac Daily News, Dowagiac, Mich., summer 1974
- Photo Lab-night supervisor, U of I Journalism, Iowa City, IA 1974-75
- Photographer, The Daily Iowan, Iowa City, IA, 1974-75
- Welder, Thrall Railroad Car Mfg., Chicago Hgts., IL summer 1973
- Loader/Driver, Central Steel & Wire, Chicago, IL summer 1972
- Dry Boy, Glenwood Texaco Car Wash, Glenwood, IL, weekends, 1969-71
- Bus Boy, Cherry Creek Country Club, Flossmoor,IL, summers & weekends 1967-69
- Caddy, Idlewild Country Club, Flossmoor, IL 1966
- Newspaper Boy, "So. Chicago Advertiser" & "The Chicago American" 1964-65
Education (in a formal sense)
- University of Texas, Graduate American Studies Program 1979
- University of Iowa, BA, Journalism & English (creative writing) 1975
- Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas 1971
- Marian Catholic Prep, ooh ahh, who's the best,, 1968-1971, Chicago Heights, IL
- St. Joseph's Grammar School, Homewood, IL 1966 & 1967
- Our Lady of Peace Grammar School, 1959-1966, Chicago, IL
- Horace Mann Elementary, Kindergarten, 1958, Chicago, IL
