8 semesters at Art Center College of Design for 1 BFA,
4 semesters in graduate school for 1 MFA in creative writing
23 semesters teaching at Art Center College of Design
3 semesters teaching at Otis College of Art and Design
13 semesters teaching at USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism
19 semesters teaching at UCLA Extension Writers’ Program
2 mentions of my name over dinner at David Ogilvy’s home in Touffo, France
14 years at DDB
2 direct response agencies
1 mention of me in a book about the ex-director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1 Gold Pencil from One Show
1 Cannes Lion
2 Belding Bowls from Los Angeles Advertising Club
251 hours piloting small planes
1 plane crash
190 scuba dives
4 years as a paratrooper in the US Army
49 jumps from airplanes, jets and helicopters (yikes)
1 year Army National Guard
5 published books:
    2020 - Let’s Become a Ghost Story * 2015 -  I'm No Longer Troubled by the Extravagance * 2010 - Death Obscura * 2005 - The Invention of Fiction * 2004 - The Soup of Something Missing
331 published poems
1 play produced off-Broadway in New York
17 published magazine articles
163 fountain pens
976 books read
4,017 books in my home library
5 fun-filled appearances on a national TV game show
2 years hiding out in Europe