* Last updated January 1st 2009 - Well a new year is starting with all new challenges and adventures.Trying to keep this Maaco Franchise going is a challenge beyond what I ever imagined.

My reading list for 2009 will almost certainly not be as ambitious as the last 2 years.(Check out my 2008 list.) Running the franchise will take care of that. However, I know there are some things I can count on: in February, the 2009 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses should be coming out. In late summer there will be a release from the district convention of Jehovah's Witnesses. I will read another Tamara Hayle mystery, another #1 Ladies Detective, if all goes well at the end of 2009 Sue Grafton will have "U is for ....". One of the great highlights of the year is certainly going to be the book I am reading now.

CURRENT BOOK - A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face With Modern Day Sl;avery. See what I am starting for my 2009 Reading List.

For anyone who wants to contact me, my email address is wayne*hazle5@aol.com {just remove the * . I really don't want to get added to any junk mail lists.}

After nearly 20 years of working in the hi-tech field, primarily quality assurance, I have retired from the hi-tech field. Mary Ellen and I will be starting a Maaco Auto Body & Paint Shop. For most of the month of April we attended the Maaco school in King of Prussia Pennsylvania. Our shop will be located in North Hills California, close to the Van Nuys airport.

11/23/2008 - We are nearly aty 400 cars painted since July and it has been a rollercoaster.

 

Misc Bio:

Short bio: Born June 1, 1967 in Kingston Jamaica. Became a US citizen in the late 1990s). Grew up in Montclair NJ. Attended the Montclair High School, 1981- 1985. University of Pennsylvania majoring in Computer Science Engineering 1985 - 1989. Married Mary Ellen Pugh May of 2002.

Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, WA1989 - 1996. AOL in Newport Beach & irvine 1996 - 2003. Pioneer Digital Electronics 2003 - 2005. QA Manager at Sustain Technologies, a division of The Daily Journal, from 2005 to 2006. QA Manager at iFilm & then SpikeTV 2006 - 2008.

In April 2008 I left Spike and started work on opening my own Maaco franchise