Ed and Anita live in Phoenix, Arizona where evenings are for jazz. (Starry skies, cooler temperatures, and no mosquitos!)
Anita and I are both heavily into music, primarily jazz, but we are also active with church music as well.
Flat-5 (or flat-V) is a jazz term. Click here to read a brief description and example.
Anita spent her early years in the Memphis area where she graduated from Central High School before studying at Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) where she majored in fine art. Today, Anita is a jazz vocalist, mom and grandmother [Gasp!].
You'll find her personal blog at http://azjazzlady.blogspot.com/.
Ed grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and attended East High School before graduating from the Memphis Technical High School in 1966. Then, he majored in Electrical Engineering at the State Technical Institute at Memphis and Christian Brothers College (now a university). After college, Ed wrote software and built a career in communications and operating systems for real-time applications. Operating systems of interest include VxWorks, Linux, pSOS+ and others. He is currently employed at Wind River where he is an instructor and course developer.
You'll find Ed's personal blog at http://conventionalpistol.blogspot.com/.
Here are Ed's areas of current or particular interest.
Ed shoots pistols at paper targets. "Done correctly, it's very calming, very Zen. You have to let go of your thoughts and empty your mind to shoot well." Click here to see his notes, papers and other Bullseye-related topics.
When Ed needed to use some pictures of small objects in a professional work, he created a table top studio that others may find useful.
Ed went on a business trip to the People's Republic of China in 2003. See his commentary.
Anita and Ed's two kids, Ted and Mary, are grown and live in the metropolitan Phoenix area.
Ted graduated from Arizona State University in the spring of 2002. Ted's wife, Gosia, holds a PhD from a Warsaw (Poland) University and, more recently, a Bachelor's degree from ASU. Ted and Gosia are also very proud parents.
Mary, our daughter, is also a college graduate (ASU, 2003). She is also a wife, Mom and business woman. Mary's husband, Scott, is a "fine art" artist, runs a good portion of his father's business, and a great Dad.
Email to the family via
ed@flat5.net
is welcome.
The home page is available at http://www.flat5.net/.