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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