Books I Have Written


No, you won't find these on the New York Times Best Seller list. Like many other authors, it was easier (and more fun) to write the books than to try to get them published. Still, I thought it would be fun to offer them on the internet for free; how can you argue with a price like that?

Following The Dragon

This is a sailing book.  I dropped out of the working class for a couple years to buy a Formosa 46 sailboat and go cruising. I went solo from Florida to the Bahamas and Turks, and ended up in Annapolis for about a year. The following year I grabbed some crew and completed my cruise with a trip to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. I did it. You can do it.

Interstate: confessions of a rookie truck driver

What do you do when all the programming jobs dry up? Why, become a truck driver, of course. It turned out to be a great adventure, but a horrible career choice. See what it's like to enter the world of "OTR" (Over The Road) long distance trucking, staring out from day 1 as a complete dumb shit rookie.