CKL Chronology
I was born in
Taiwan,
but I don't really remember the incident. I now live in the
United States,
and am a fully naturalized, Social-Security-card-carrying,
income-tax-paying, pickup-truck-driving, bigscreen-TV-buying American
citizen.
(Woo hoo!)
- June, 1991
- I graduate with valedictory honors from
West High School,
in the Southern Californian city of
Torrance.
- November 6, 1993
- FREEFALL begins.
- June, 1995
- F.A.R.M. Patrol is released.
I graduate from
Stanford University
with a Bachelor's Degree in
Computer Science.
I begin work as a software engineer and sysadmin for the
now-defunct Internet Media Services (IMS), a startup in downtown
Palo Alto.
- October, 1996
- I buy my first palmtop: a US Robotics Pilot 5000.
- August, 1997
- IMS officially disbands.
- September 22, 1997
- I begin work as a Webmaster Manager at
AT&T Labs.
- January 19, 1998
- I launch Snout.
- July 1, 1998
- I launch What's Up!, an AT&T intranet web site featuring market
intelligence from the AT&T Labs Industry Relations Group (IRG).
- July 26, 1998
- I help launch the AT&T/BT Global Venture web site.
- December 14, 1998
- Pre-production on Superluminary begins.
- March 3, 1999
- The trailer for Superluminary
debuts at Bryan Bell's surprise birthday party.
- April 1, 1999
- The Superluminary World Premiere!
- October 25, 1999
- After a brief hiatus, the HotSheet resumes
publication in a new prose format.
- August, 2000
- I join The Richter Scales!
- November, 2000
- I move into Casa de Snout with DeeAnn, Amber, and Bayla.
- May 5-6, 2001
- Homicide: Life on the Farm, The Game.
- September 19, 2001
- The "Murder defies reason" HotSheet.
- January 31, 2002
- I resign from the soon-to-be-dissolved AT&T Labs Marketing Group.
- July 9, 2002
- I begin work as a Webmaster for
PalmSource.
- October 19-20, 2002
- FoBiK, The Game.
- October 25, 2002
- Amber died today.
- February 1, 2003
- I attend my first acting class at The Voice Factory.
- March, 2003
- Jasper joins the Casa de Snout family.
- July 26, 2003
- DeeAnn and I celebrate our fifth anniversary, and announce our
engagement to friends and family.
- September 14-19, 2003
- I attend SpaceCamp in Huntsville, Alabama.
- September 26, 2003
- I give two weeks' notice that I'm leaving PalmSource.
- October 13, 2003
- I begin work as a Web Application Engineer at Google.
- July 31-August 1, 2004
- JUSTICE UNLIMITED, The Game
- March 12, 2005
- CKL + D = Wedding
- November 28, 2005
- I finish a first draft of my first novel, By the Light of the Moon.
- April, 2006
- I help launch The Da Vinci Code Quest on Google.
- May 9, 2006
- I take a ride on the Zero-G plane!
- September 9-10, 2006
- Hogwarts and the Draconian Prophecy, The Game
- September 29, 2006
- The Richter Scales release our first album, We Hate A Cappella.
- November 28, 2006
- I finish a first draft of my second novel, Waypoint Kangaroo.
- January 3, 2007
- I read an excerpt from Waypoint Kangaroo on the KFJC morning show, Unbedtime Stories.
- June 29, 2007
- I finish writing my first screenplay, The Gauntlet.
- November 29, 2007
- I finish a first-half draft of my third novel, Spaceship Castle.
- January 18, 2008
- My last day at Google.
- January 23, 2008
- I read an excerpt from Spaceship Castle on the KFJC morning show, Unbedtime Stories.
- April 5-6, 2008
- Midnight Madness: Back To Basics! (The Game)
- April 14, 2008
- DeeAnn and I begin Travels With Our Cats.
- June 13, 2008
- I finish writing my first teleplay, "Apartment of Champions" (an original comedy pilot).
- July 1, 2008
- I get accepted to Viable Paradise! Squee!
- September 16, 2008
- DeeAnn and I conclude Travels With Our Cats at our new home in Vancouver, Washington. We call it The SnoutCave™.
- September 21-26, 2008
- Viable Paradise XII
- October 3, 2008
- I launch 512 Words or Fewer.
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