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Who is Deb Shinder? Debra Littlejohn Shinder is a former police officer/criminal justice instructor who now makes her living as an author, trainer and speaker. She has written or contributed to 26 books, published over 300 articles and has been living online, along with her husband Tom (whom she met via the Internet), since the mid-1990s.
In her spare time (yeah, right), Deb likes to play piano, swim in the pool or relax in the spa, take digital photographs or just sit and stare out her office window at the lake. She reads fifty or more novels each year and also enjoys watching her extensive collection of DVD movies and recording her favorite TV programs with her media center PC. Deb dabbled in politics in the 1980s, serving as a city councilmember and public safety commissioner for the City of Seagoville, and as an executive officer of the Seagoville Chamber of Commerce. Deb and Tom now live just east of Dallas, TX on the shores of beautiful Lake Ray Hubbard, and she has two grown kids: Kristen (who's in the Navy and currently stationed in Afghanistan) and Kristoffer (a recent graduate from the University of Dallas who teaches chess and participates in the family business). The family also includes two "grandcats" and an elderly Spitz, along with lots of feathered friends who drop by for dinner frequently. Each summer, a family of barn swallows make a nest in the eaves of their balcony, and they have the privilege of watching a brood of baby swallows grow up and fledge. Where I Spend Most of My Time Click here to see
my home office workspaces.
I am the luckiest person I know. I haven't ever won the lottery (yet), but in addition to being born to the best parents in the world, marrying the greatest guy in the world (okay, that one took three tries but it was worth it), and giving birth to the two most fantastic kids in the world, I have the best job(s) in the world and live in the most beautiful place in the world (in my opinion, and that's the one that counts). Life is good.
The Kids You can see more pictures of the Shinder family on Deb and Tom's personal homepage at www.shinder.net.
The "GrandCats"
PORTRAITS OF BOBBLE
Confessions of a Capitalist Piglet Despite its faults and flaws, about which I complain regularly (having voted in the last election and thus earned the right to do so), I believe the United States of America is still the best country on earth. Our political and legal system, despite its deterioration since the days of the founding fathers, is still the fairest and freest known to man (in the non-gender-specific sense of the word). I believe in the U.S. Constitution, not as a "living document" that can be interpreted in whatever way fits the fancy of the Judge of the Day, but as the Rock upon which my country was built. I believe in freedom of speech, even speech I abhor - but I also believe in my right to speak freely against that speech. I believe in freedom of religion, including for the most fanatical atheists -- but I don't believe they have any more right than anyone else to impose their (non)beliefs on the rest of us. I believe in the right to keep and bear arms, and I believe it's a right of individuals, as are all the other rights recognized in the Bill of Rights. I'm a sustaining member of the NRA-ILA and I am a strong supporter of the purest form of gun control: being able to hit your target. I believe in the fourth amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, and neither the War on Drugs, the War on Terror nor any other war should override it. I believe in the fifth amendment right to remain silent, and often wish some people would exercise it more often. I believe in the sixth amendment right to an attorney, although I often wonder if maybe Shakespeare wasn't right about the lawyers. I oppose a tax system and anti-trust laws that punish those who work hard to become successful and reward those who are content to live off the labors of others. I like Microsoft software, although it's fine with me if you want to use Linux (just don't call me in the middle of the night to help you recompile your kernel, please). I do own one "token Mac," who sits in an obscure corner of the office. I often have to restrain Tom from throwing it into the lake.
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Warning: This page and its subpages may at times contain opinions, information and observations that are likely to offend or even outrage some folks, and (I hope) amuse or even inspire others. Oh well. Warning: Intelligent discourse is always welcome; flames and hate mail aren't. If you'd like to try to change my mind, feel free -- but be forewarned that I just might try to change yours in return. Warning: Above all, don't forget Rule #1: Never enter a battle of wits unarmed. -----------------------
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Recommended State of Fear The Ender series The Dark Tower series Rage Skyhook Cryptonomicon The Last Nazi Joshua's Hammer The Rule of Four Shadow of the Giant Broken Prey Hour Game Empire Guns of the South Wild Fire
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Lone Star My
Grandfather's Son Guns, Germs
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Favorite TV Shows Star Trek (all)
Stargate SG-1 Battlestar Galactica Andromeda Firefly Jeremiah JAG House 24 Lost Jericho Las Vegas Without a Trace NCIS
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