On these shores,
I am a supporter and former season ticket holder
for the Chicago Fire and root
for the league overall. I am invested emotionally
in the US National Team to
a degree that is not healthy. I blog regularly
on all things soccer, which has a link in the
menu bar.
American
football is a violent sport for drunken
louts, which I occasionally am. I love my
Green Bay Packers and don't
you dare doubt my street cred - I grew up
in G.B., lived off Packerland Ave. and went
to Vince Lombardi Middle School, thank you
very much. I also have a piece of turf from
Lambeau Field the season they won Super
Bowl XXXI.
I live one mile west of
Camp Randall, home of the Wisconsin
Badgers football team who I believe
are constantly overrated when they're
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Travels
My wife and
I really enjoy traveling and we've
spent quite a bit of lifelong earnings globetrotting.
Our favorite country? Spain.
Favorite cities? London, Madrid and
New York.
Here's a list of countries and
major cities I've spent some time in:
North America and Caribbean
Canada - Vancouver, Victoria, Waterton
Dominica
Jamaica - Ocho Rios
Martinique
Mexico - Cancun, Cozumel, Ixtapa, Nogales
St. John's
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
United States - most of the 50 states and most
major cities, with Alaska being the notable exception
Central & South America
Brazil - Florianopolis, Garopaba, Porto
Alegre
Guatemala - Guatemala City, Quetzaltenango,
Salcaja, San Francisco de Alto, San Andrés
Xecul
Europe
Czech Republic - Prague
England - London
France - Arles, Carcassonne, Lyon, Paris, &
the Provence and Rhone regions
Germany - Berlin, Munich, Nurnberg
Greece - Aegina, Athens, Hydra, Poros
Italy - Assisi, Florence, Lake Como, Milan,
Naples, Padova, Perugia, Rome, Siena, Sorrento,
Venice, & the Tuscany and Umbria regions
Netherlands - Amsterdam
Portugal - Lisbon, Porto, Duoro Valley, Geres,
Coimbra, Evora, Alentejo, Nazare
Scotland - Edinburgh, the Lothains, Central
Scotland
Spain - Algeciras (Gibraltar), Barcelona, Granada,
Madrid, Nerja, Sevilla, Toldeo, & the Pueblos
Blancos region from Arcos to Rhonda; Córdoba, Asturias and Cantabria, Bilbao, San Sebastián, La Rioja, and Aragon
Switzerland - Interlaken
Africa
Kenya - Nairobi
Tanzania - Arusha, Lake Manyara, Ngorogoro Crater,
Serengeti, Tarangire
I hope to add some content to
this section, including pictures and some opinions
on my travels, for not all places were created
equal and some places are down right nasty. Like
Naples.
A Brief History
of the Rest of My World
I was
born in Portland, Oregon in 1974 but raised
in Green Bay, Wisconsin
from age four to nineteen. I went to the
University of Wisconsin- Madison
from 1992 to 1996, emerging with my BA
in English. I received my MA in Creative
Writing from the University of
Wisconsin- Milwaukee in August
of 2007.
Moved to Chicago
after college and got a job with the United
States Soccer Federation in their
memebership department. I mostly worked
with youth and amateur state associations
and the professional leagues, and ran the
U.S. Open Cup, the United
States' equivalent of the English F.A. Cup,
a tournament open to every team in the nation
After three years with U.S.
Soccer, I sought greener pastures and moved
out to Seattle, Washington
and took a job with Washington State
Youth Soccer Association, one of
the largest youth soccer organizations in
the country.
We stayed in Seattle for
almost four years, enjoying the great
outdoors just a few hours down the road
but ultimately decided we decided to move
back to Madison, the place where we first
met. I also decided that it was high time
I devote my time and energy to my first
love, writing.
I attended the 2004
Clarion Writers Workshop in East
Lansing, MI and have since had several
pro publications. I am currently a Ph.D.
student in Creative Writing at the University
of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.
And all the rest...
Married Amy Mueller in
October 2000 ending six years of dating...My
brothers are twins... Todd
and his wife Stephanie
live in Switzerland, Troy
lives in Minnesota with his wife
Connie and my nifty nieces Justine
and Lauren... Parents
Bob and Marti
Hergenrader live in South Carolina...
In-laws Bob and Karen
Mueller live in rural Wisconsin...
Brother-in-law Scott Mueller
lives in Illinois with wife Donna
and sons Brett, Kyle, Logan and
daughter Peyton... We
pay the mortgage but know beyond all doubt
that the house belongs to our German Shepherd,
Athena. Heineken,
our kitty of twelve years, passed away
early in 2008.
If you've read this far,
I'm truly impressed...
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