Note from Thomas: Recently (maybe because of the seven things article) a few people have written to me asking for a more in depth "personal profile" on my site. I don't know how much information is safe to put out there in public, but I thought I could at least update what I had on the site already...
This page will continue to be updated.
Profile:
Thomas A. McKean
(Last Updated:
12/20/06)
NAME:
Thomas A. McKean
AGE: 41
BIRTHDATE: 06/18/1965
OCCUPATION: Author, Advocate
PLACE OF BIRTH: Columbus, OH
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Bedford, VA
MARITAL STATUS: Single
KIDS: None
WEB SITE: http://www.thomasamckean.com
E-MAIL ADDRESS: thomas (at) thomasamckean (dot) com
ROOMMATES: One: Reiki (RAY-kee). Female & Feline.
BOOKS PUBLISHED: Soon Will Come the Light. (Also Light on the Horizon, currently out of print, and A Look at One Relationship, currently available for a price on amazon, or you can read it for free by clicking here. I have also had several autism articles published in various places, you can read them right here.)
OTHER BOOKS WRITTEN: Mira Trilogy, Time Tapestry, and Autism Times Three.
AWARDS WON: Colonel's Commission, Literary Excellence, Musical Achievement, Other Awards
HOBBIES and INTERESTS:
WRITING: Writing is harder than it used to be. I have many ideas for stories, plays, novels, what have you, and it isn't as easy to get these things down on paper as it once was.
KITES: These are wonderful as they give you a valid excuse to do nothing. Building kites is sometimes more fun than flying them. I like being creative in my building.
TRAVEL: This is a side effect of the advocacy. I had no idea when I started this that I would be traveling as much as I have. I have found that travel is a good education and it teaches you things you will not learn in a college classroom. There is something to be said for experience. I have met many nice people and also unfortunately a few I'd rather not have met. I have been to all 50 states, except for Alaska, Vermont, and Wyoming.
ANIMATION: Everyone collects something, it seems. I collect animation. The harder it is to find, the more I go after it. I like the challenge. I search for the shows I used to wake up to when I was younger. No one shows them anymore on TV, except once in a rare while the Cartoon Network might give you a sample. If anyone has any animation from the seventies, let me know. Maybe we can arrange a trade.
MUSIC: I used to play a lot more than I do now. I still have the guitar and the banjo in the closet and I still take them out sometimes. Every now and again I join the band onstage at the church and play a bit of harmonica. But these days I prefer to be behind the scenes, running the sound board on Sunday morning during worship.
COMPUTERS: Somewhere in the back of my closet I have a CP/M Kaypro 4/84 (most of Soon Will Come the Light was written on it) and I do know enough about computers to maybe be just a bit dangerous. One thing I do not like being thought of is as a geek. UGH. That's the last thing I want.
I delight in shutting down illegal web sites. If I get an e-mail that is someone phishing for a bank account or eBay or Paypal password, I take steps to have that person shut down. I have shut many such sites down, I suspect that I may have helped to put one or two people behind bars, and I know that I have gotten few people fired for using company sites for illegal e-mail scams. Don't mess with me. You are messing with the wrong person when it comes to phishing e-mails. I don't tolerate it.
BIBLE:
When you
said, "Seek My face," my heart said to you, Your face, LORD, I will seek."
(Psalm 27:8 NKJV)
