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I am Dave Maruszewski, and I am a coffee addict.  Whew!  I\u2019m glad that I got that out of the way.  That makes the rest easier to tell you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am very blessed and have been able to pursue many things.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had the pleasure of being a physicist, explosives analyst, teacher, artist\/painter, 3D modeler, animator, video game maker, reverse engineer, software engineer, graphic designer, comic book dealer, finite element analyst, online retailer, and I\u2019ve held almost every college\/high school job there is.\u00a0 God is good!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If that sounds impressive, it\u2019s not.  I\u2019m not sure that I excelled at any of the above.    Often times I wish had just settled in one niche and been super-successful at it.  Then I think, what would happen if God sat me down before putting me on this earth and told me that I\u2019d get told do all of the above and more?  I think I would have said, \u201cWhen do we begin??!!\u201d  To His credit, it has been a crazy and mostly fun ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of that pursuit list, the one that I left out was writer\/author.  I\u2019ve always enjoyed a good story, creating my own since childhood.  I infused narrative into much of my other work, including my about page \ud83d\ude09  When I had a son, I had to step up my game.  I created the Raven, Romda and Ravai<\/em> characters for bedtime stories.  He would even take over the story telling from time to time.  Thanks to my son, I now have many stories and inspiration to generate new content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside of that, there is nothing that odd about me.\u00a0 Hmmm, I better not tell you about my love of 80\u2019s hard rock and metal.\u00a0 Oops \u2026 well, in that case \u2026 I also love dogs, action movies, League of Legends<\/em>, internet radio, turn-based strategy games and can be found twice a year watching Nacho Libre<\/em> with my son (and my wife, if we can twist her arm again.) \u00a0\u00a0Regrettably, you can often hear me spouting off quotes from all the aforementioned, especially Nacho<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, and another thing.  Here is a picture of one of my dogs.  Well, mostly just her tongue.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(It’s good to be the queen.)\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As you might have guessed, I have a wonderful family.\u00a0 I\u2019m devoted to my wife and son, who are the greatest individuals that I know.\u00a0 For me, my family members are my friends. \u00a0I hope that the glow of this goodness in my life can be found in my pages.\u00a0 God bless!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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