| Personal Stuff | Welcome to my non-income-producing place on the World
Wide Web. Here you will find out what I like, what I've done, and why
I really need to get a life. If you really care, I'm in my mid 30's
and pretty much have two hobbies - competitions of any kind and genealogy.
Presently I am a resident of Ann Arbor, Michigan and am under the employ
of All Media Guide, a subsidiary of
Alliance Entertainment, which is owned by
Yucaipa companies, who are pretty secretive and don't have a web site.
They also have a stake in Fred Meyer Stores, Sean John clothing and the Kroger Corporation. --All Media Guide --Alliance Entertainment Corporation --Mail me --Read It's Not Me, It's Him, Right?, the occasionally updated blog |
| Genealogy | Since starting in 1997, I have collected nearly
10,000 names to my family tree. Also, during a spate of unemployment in
1998, I transcribed over 10,000 vital records from the southern portions
of the Mielec regions of Poland. I have made these records available on-
line for simple searching. I ask that if you do find a match to someone
you've been looking for, please
let me know so I can see if we're somehow releated. --Check out my family-tree --Do a search of the Rzeszow vital records |
| MIDI | Back before genealogy was a primary pursuit,
I spent time making MIDI files. I don't do as much as I used to anymore,
mainly since it takes much more effort to do a quality file since sound
cards have improved drastically since my little six-voice AdLib back in
1988. I have about 15 songs there, and I may add some later, I'm just
not in a rush to do it now. --Mike's MIDI files |
| Academic Competitions | I'm pretty heavily involved in the Acadmeic
Competition world. Although it's just supposed to be for college students,
there's room for the people who have left their college days behind.
Michigan Academic Competitions, the group I'm presently affiliated with,
is one of the premier groups in the country. I was on the team that
have won five TRASH regional championships, three TRASH national
championships, two Trashmasters and numerous other one-off invitationals. Other people within the group have in the last ten years won four CBI national championships, eight CBI regional championships,
a few ACF regional championships, a Penn Bowl and numerous other invitationals.
Also, I am a member of NAQT, a fine group of folks trying to increase
the quality of the quiz bowl circuit by leaving the game show elements
of the competition behind. --Michigan Academic Competitions --National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) --Creamy Yellow Stuff (College Bowl) --Bar Decathalon 2000 Results --Bar Decathalon 2002 Results |
| Game Shows | Before the Internet, I thought I was one of the very few people who liked game shows. Since the Internet, I realized how wrong I was. Since every other topic on game shows was pretty much covered, I did some research on those shows that never were -- pilots. Lots and lots of pilots. --The Game Show Pilot Light --A page devoted to my creation -- The Game Show Round. No, you can't have a copy. --The Game Show Compendium (by Matt Ottinger) --The Bill Cullen Homepage (by Matt Ottinger) --Game Show Congress (I'm a member) |
| Athletic Competitions | I'm not the world's best athelete. I'm probably
a cut above the world's worst athelete. But I try. I'm on my company
softball team, and I use to play hockey until I wrecked my ankle in 2001. I was also once pretty heavily involved
in fantasy sports and sports simulation games, although that activity has waned. What I pretty much play now is just for fun, including some weird sport crossing cricket and golf we're playing at work. |
| Research | Since I'm never going to have the time nor the want of the drop of income to do full-time research, I occasionally just push out something and put it out for the world. --Are You Entitled? --An alternate major league baseball schedule |
| Travel | I've been a few places at least on this side of the pond, since I finished all 48 continental states in 2004. Some of my travels include: --Game Show Congress 2004 --I finish the 48 states (2004) --2004 Frozen Four --Crap Across America (2003) --So many tournaments, so little time (2003) |
Last updated: 16-Oct-2004 | Send me an E-mail