So, who is this “Monorail Mike” guy, anyway?

About the author

Get to know me (updated on Dec. 31, 2008):

1. Born in Minneapolis, Minn., on Halloween night in 1974; lived in the North Star State for a grand total of three weeks.

2. Grew up in West Chester, Pa., with his parents and two younger sisters, Jennifer and Meghan — all of whom are the best people on earth.

3. Competed in the 1988 National Spelling Bee in eighth grade, but wouldn’t be completely surprised if you found a typo in his online archives.

4. Worked as a “cast member” on the Walt Disney World College Program during the summer of 1995; the nickname he acquired from his job as a monorail driver inspired the name of this site.

5. Graduated from Penn State in 1996 and remains an avid Nittany Lions fan to this day; enjoys frequent pilgrimages to Happy Valley and occasional road trips to watch his beloved team on the gridiron.

6. Employed in the IT division of GlaxoSmithKline for nearly six years; usually summarizes his daily work as “computer stuff” for the benefit of people whose eyes glaze over at the mere thought of technology.

7. Inexplicably added to the no-fly list in 2005, despite a clean criminal record aside from an occasional speeding ticket.

8. Owns a modest collection of timepieces, including a musical cuckoo clock from West Germany (a generous gift from his great-uncle Charlie in the late 1970s) and a pair of vintage Simplex industrial wall clocks.

9. Strongly interested in typography; able to identify most fonts by sight, and not exactly sure how that skill came to be.

10. Enjoys impossibly catchy power pop (preferably with handclaps), blistering yet melodic post-punk, and timeless cool jazz.

11. Single and actively looking.

12. Resides in bucolic Chesterbrook, Pa., about 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia and a short walk from Valley Forge National Park.