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updated 7/19/11

Links:
     HerpNation                Odonata Central     
     Frank Frazetta            Accurate Reloading
     Rifles & Recipes         B&H Camera
    (videos) I Like Guns  &  Shooting the 577 T-Rex
Troy is an avid outdoorsman (herper,  naturalist, photographer, and hunter), a shooter and gun nut (or more precisely, a Rifle Looney), a photographer,  sci-fi junkie (novels, film, and art), and martial artist (2nd Dan Taekwondo).

Professionally, Troy has worked as a high school science teacher for 16 years, and currently works at Brackett High School serving as the Science Dept Chair and teaching Physics, Anatomy & Physiology, and AP/Dual Credit Biology.  In past years he has taught Science Research & Design, Biology 1, Environmental Systems, Intro to Physics & Chemistry, 8th Grade Science, 7th Grade Science, and Geometry.  He taught for 5 years at Uvalde High School, 8 years at Arlington Bowie High School, and 1 year at Fort Worth's Daggett Middle School.  He has also worked as an environmental consultant and as a museum collections manager.

Troy has a Bachelors of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from Texas A&M University.  He earned a Master's of Science in Biology at the University of Texas at Arlington.  His master's thesis was titled, "Geographic Variation and Evolultionary Relationships of the Ringnecked Snakes (Genus Diadophis).

Troy's favorite places include the mountains of the Desert Southwest - he loves the freedom of the wide-open spaces.  He is also a fan of the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, and Texas Rangers

Novels:
        Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry 
                  Pournelle
        Time Enough For Love, by Robert A.    
                  Heinlein
        Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein
        Honor Harrington series, by David Weber
        Belisarius series, by Eric Flint & David
                 Drake
        Island in the Sea of Time (series), by S.M.
                 Stirling
        Kushiel's Legacy (trilogy) by Jacqueline Carey
Fantasy Art (all copyrights the respective artists):
        The Mammoth, by Frank Frazetta
        Golden Girl, by Frank Frazetta
        The Ice Giants, by Frank Frazetta
        By Dawn's Early Light by Frank Frazetta
        Howls of Silence, by Luis Royo
        Nine Tongues and One Tear, by Luis Royo
        Latex Omega by Luis Royo
        A Princess of Mars, by Michael Whelan
        Dragonriders of Pern, by Michael Whelan
        Integral Trees, by Michael Whelen
        Wanted by Eric Drudwyn
        A Roll in the Hay by Eric Drudwyn
        Starship Troopers, by Andy Warhola
        The Nomads, by Boris Vallejo
        Cheyanne, by Christos Achilleos
        Flying Warrior, by Christos Achilleos
       

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