I was born in Fort Worth, Texas and adopted by a family in Waco. Went to school at Texas A&I on a football scholarship and spent a couple of semesters at Baylor. Once I was out of school, I managed nightclubs and did a bit of acting in Dallas until the early 80s. I joined Carnival Cruise Lines and later Royal Caribbean on board the ships where I was the Chief Purser. In the 90s, I returned to Dallas and started working in IT as IT Manager, still doing a bit of acting on the side. In the late 2010s, I broke my back and more or less retired. I currently run Memories Inc, a 501c3 Non Profit with close to 100,000 members.