I got married in October 1999.  Tina and I were introduced at church in October 1998, started dating in January 1999, were engaged in early June, and made it official on the 8th of October. Selected wedding pictures are available online.  Tina teaches preschool at the University Presbyterian Church.  Visit her website.

I play the violin and the viola.  I took private violin lessons beginning in elementary school and going  through high school.  I played in the Piedmont Youth Orchestra my junior and senior years in high school.  My junior year, we played a concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.  While at NC State, I was a member of the Raleigh Chamber Orchestra -- an orchestra made up of both NC State students and members of the city of Raleigh. 

I am a first year graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin. I am taking the prelim courses in Algebra and Topology and am also doing some research with Felipe Voloch.

I volunteer as a Math Doctor for the online service Ask Dr. Math.  People send in their math questions and I help to answer them.

I like to read.  I have read most of the books by John Grisham and Michael Crichton.  My favorites are A Time To Kill and The Great Train Robbery, respectively.  I also liked Jurassic Park.  Recently, I have been reading works by Charles Dickens.  I read A Tale of Two Cities last summer and I'm reading Great Expectations right now.