Well, in case you didn't guess...my name is Bob.  I live in a town about 45 miles west of St. Louis.  This site is dedicated to the friends and family that I hang out with.  Meet some of my friends in the BobsPlanet Hall of Fame.  

I was born in St. Louis in the Winter of 1966 (geez…has it been that long?), and have lived in many places including Kent Washington, Austin Texas and Alberta Canada throughout my childhood.  My father was a general contractor, which forced us to travel quite a bit.   When I was about 13, my mother and father divorced and we settled down in Missouri where I attended Wentzville High School, which doesn’t even exist anymore.  I graduated in 1985 and after working a couple of weird jobs, soon after enlisted in the Air Force.  I went to 6 weeks basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas, and then 8 weeks of technical school at Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls Texas, training to be an aircraft mechanic.  I was eventually assigned to Holloman AFB, about 10 miles outside of Alamogordo, NM., to the 479^th Component Repair Squadron, working for the aero-repair shop, fixing AT-38B aircraft, that were used in the LIFT (Lead in Fighter Training) program, teaching young pilots how to fly fighters. 

                                                                                                                                                         AT-38B, Holloman AFB, NM.

I worked at the 479^th for about two years, and then transferred to the 49^th Tactical Fighter Wing on the other side of the base, working on F-15 Eagles.  There I worked in the Inspection Section, inspecting for damage and worn components from the rigors of flying.

                                                                                                                                                                             F-15 Eagle

In 1989, I got out of the Air Force after four long years, and came back home, where I have been ever since.  After a short attempt to continue my career as an aircraft mechanic in 1989, only to find out that all of the major airlines and aircraft manufacturers were having difficulties and were laying off workers, and then working in various strange occupations like car sales and security work, I fell back on my second line of experience, computers.  In the Air Force, I worked on the computer systems there at the maintenance docks, and found out that I had a knack for it, so naturally, I saw it as a secondary career choice.  It turned out very well, as I have been working in the Information Technology field ever since. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                             Me with my homebuilt computer

After working for many years in the field as a systems technician, systems administrator, and finally a network engineer, I got into management for a major engineering firm here in St. Louis, as Manager, Information Systems. After a few years working there, I landed a job working for a major international news and information company here in St. Louis, as a Network Operations Manager, where I work today.

Through the years I have had my trials, and have been married and divorced twice, and had three kids along the way.

Stephanie is my oldest daughter.  She is 19.


Elicia is my second oldest at 15.

My son Adam is 8.

I met a wonderful woman named Sandi, and got married in October 2006 (on Friday the 13^th even!)


and in the process inherited a stepson, Austin, who is 11.

 

This is my dog, Cartman.  He's not as dumb as he looks.