- He ad libbed most of his dialogue in "Bella's Story" and in "Bleach" when in both instances the Director tossed the scripted lines for his character at the last moment.
- He learned to fly on a Cessna 175 Skylark.
- While portraying an inebriated Pap Finn in "The Trial of Huckleberry Finn," he is supposed to pass out from sheer drunkenness. He is so caught up in the moment he forgets to bend his knees. As a result, he falls to his face from a standing position.
- Because of his experience in improvisational theater and in radio voiceovers, he can do over forty impersonations.
- His maternal ancestor, Christopher Shank, migrated from Wales to modern day Shanksville, Pennsylvania circa 1640.
- At ten years of age, he set out to type an original Jazz Age novel loosely inspired by "The Great Gatsby." After typing about a hundred pages on his old fashioned typewriter, he determined that the story did not fulfill his "artistic vision" and dramatically tossed the papers into a burning fireplace. Decades later, he remembers the plot outline and the major characters, and he intends at some point to restart that writing project.
- He is a Son of the American Revolution. His maternal ancestors have fought in every American war, and he joined the United States Navy after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack of the World Trade Center.
- He sang with a Gregorian Chant Choir in Berkeley, California, while pursuing a Masters of Theology degree at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology.
- He lived for three years in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, where he acted in stage plays produced by an English language theater company.
- On September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed only a few miles from the maternal family farm near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
- At night, he took acting classes at ACT San Francisco, while during the day he finished his law degree at Santa Clara University School of Law.
- He rode horseback over much of the Sierra Madre Mountains while living in San Miguel de Allende.
- He lived for two years on the Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- He enjoys hiking up mountains off trail while wearing a weighted vest. He discovered this form of physical exercise when he joined "Hit the Hill," a hiking and boot camp training group led by Jim DiRuscio, the former fitness record holder for the U.S. Army 82nd. Airborne Division.
- While stationed at NAS Pensacola, he learned how to drink at the Flora-Bama Lounge and Oyster Bar.
- He never outlines his novels or short stories ahead of time, and not one of his stories has ended the way he had envisioned when he started.
- He learned to ski on the slopes of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains in British Columbia.
- At ten years of age, he set out to type an original Jazz Age novel loosely inspired by the writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald. After typing about a hundred pages on his old fashioned typewriter, he determined that the story did not fulfill his "artistic vision" and dramatically tossed the papers into a burning fireplace.
- An avid train enthusiast, he has traversed the United States by Amtrak many times.
- He can read the New Testament in Koine Greek.
- A fan of the Jazz Age, he is a member of the Art Deco Society and dances the foxtrot.
- ABBA is his favorite band.
- He has a Millennium Falcon, an X-Wing Fighter, an AT-AT, and every "Star Wars" action figure sold from the original trilogy. Nevertheless, he considers himself more of a "Trekkie" and regards "The Wrath of Khan" as one of the best films ever made.
- His father taught him how to fire a rifle when he was six years old.
- He frightened himself while typing the scene in "Pull Down Your Blinds" where a raccoon pops out from inside the open belly of the corpse of the protagonist's wife. He pushed his typewriter away in disgust and endured nightmares of that scene for some time.
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