User:TCav

Introduction
I got tired of having a bot follow me around saying that my posts were unsigned because I didn't have a user page. So here's my user page.

Biography
I was born on August 16, 1953 in Lutheran Hospital on Junius St. in Brooklyn, New York. For most of my childhood, my parents, Ronald and Ruth, and my younger sister Joan, and I lived in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn. I attended Holy Family School on Flatlands Ave., and Brooklyn Technical High School. During my senior year in high school, my youngest sister, Ellen, was born. I joined the US Navy and served for 9 years. During this time I met my wife, Joyce. I worked in Houston, Texas for a short time, and moved to the Washington, DC area. I worked for a variety of government contractors, supporting the US Navy. During this time, my younger sister, Joan, passed away. Also, during this time, my wife, Joyce, and I were divorced. I started my own computer consulting company in 1986, supporting small businesses and not-for-profit organizations. During this time, my father passed away. Also during this time, I met my wife, Mardee.

Interests
Canarsie

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Technical High School

Battery Park, probably my most favorite place in the world.

New York City Subway, especially the
 * BMT Canarsie Line near where I lived and used to ride to high school. I used to live near the last grade crossing in the New York City Subway System, at the East 105th Street station.

Photography

US Navy
 * Great Lakes Naval Training Center
 * Lowry AFB
 * Treasure Island Naval Station, Treasure Island, CA
 * USS Bryce Canyon (AD-36)
 * Subic Bay, The Philippines
 * Kaohsiung, Taiwan
 * Hong Kong, BCC
 * Tokyo, Japan
 * Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii
 * Maui, Hawaii
 * The Big Island, Hawaii
 * USS Vulcan (AR-5)
 * Norfolk, Virginia
 * Halifax, Nova Scotia
 * USS Holland (AS-32)
 * Holy Loch, Scotland
 * Dunoon, Scotland
 * Gourock, Scotland
 * Greenock, Scotland
 * Kilmacolm, Scotland
 * Largs, Scotland
 * SIMA San Diego

Metrology

Computers

Washington, DC

The War of 1812, especially the Chesapeake Campaign, and especially:
 * RAdm Cockburn
 * HMS Marlborough (1807)
 * HMS Albion (1802)
 * Corps of Colonial Marines
 * Tangier Island
 * Cdre Joshua Barney
 * Chesapeake Bay Flotilla
 * VAdm Alexander Cochrane
 * HMS Tonnant
 * MajGen Robert Ross
 * Battle of Bladensburg
 * Burning of Washington
 * William Beanes
 * Francis Scott Key
 * Col. John Stuart Skinner
 * Battle of Baltimore
 * HMS Minden
 * HMS Surprise
 * Star Spangled Banner
 * Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

And, of course, Religion and Politics.