Bud is my given name, but I rather go by my handle "BoomerBud". BoomerBud came from my crew position flying in the USAF. As a flyer I "laid on my belly and passed gas"; or in layman terms I was an Boom Operator, inflight refueler, where I refueled planes in the air. So I was paid to pass gas; so that makes me legal, if you get my whiff! (forgive the pun). I have an insatiable hunger for the written word, in both reading and the writing of it. And in regards to writing I have a lot to draw from; a marriage to my beloved of over 33 years, 3 kids and 2 delights, my grandsons. And 57 years of experiences! That's a little of me in a nut shell.