Ah, nothing like the immortal words of Austin Powers to kick things off, right?

I never know how to make these biographical summaries interesting, so I’m just going to dive right in and see where we wind up:

My wife Danielle is a Navy lieutenant, and I’m a freelance writer, which is quite possibly the perfect career for a military spouse. We have a three-and-a-half-month-old son named Sean, and two six-year-old cats named Oberon and Puck (a point to the first commenter to catch the reference). I’ll turn thirty in September (yikes!).

I’ve been writing the “Man Law” column for Military Spouse magazine since January (so if you can’t get enough of my writing here, subscribe). I’m really looking forward to blogging!

Those are the basics. There’s lots more I could tell you - like that I have a problem with books, for example. That’s not to say I have a hard time reading, or anything. My problem is that I buy them. I buy a lot of them. I buy them faster than I can read them. When the movers come, their eyes grow wide in disbelief, or maybe fear.

I also have a problem with coffee.

Both of these problems can be traced back to college. Danielle and I met at the University of Michigan, where we were both English majors. English majors by their very natures have a deep and lasting love of books, and they can often be found with their noses stuffed in them while sitting in some coffee shop that offers free refills.

Those are the most important things for you to know about me before we get started. I love blogging, and I think we’ll all have plenty of fun here at the Milspouse blog.

So then, to recap: Civilian, Navy husband, Dad, Writer, Bookworm, Coffee Fiend. Any questions?