Why have a website? Ahh... What The Heck!
Hello,
My name is Ken J. Brown. I live with my wife Laurice and two Vizsla dogs in La Crescenta about five miles North of Glendale, California and about ten miles North of Los Angeles. Our house is a continuing home improvement project so I’m always working around the house trying to fix or upgrade something or another.
We own two beautiful Vizsla dogs named Elliott and Szuka. Visit Elliott and Szukas web site here.
July 26, 2011 - We lost our beautiful boy Elliott today at 3:40pm. Rest in Peace Buddy Boy...
I was born in Burbank, California, lived there through elementary school, then when my mother re-married we moved to Glendale/Montrose for Junior High and High school. I had an older brother, Alan, and an I have a beautiful older sister, Susan. I lived in upstate New York with my Grandparents for some time while growing up.
Work
I’m a computer Systems Administrator at a manufacturing company named Avibank Mfg., Inc. in North Hollywood, California. I also spend some time at AVK Industrial Products in Valencia, CA. I created and maintain the companies internal Intranet web sites and I also created and maintain AVK's external web site. I supervise our programmers / computer specialists in the Information Technology (computer) department. I’ve been working in the IT department since November of 1988 but I’ve worked for Avibank since March of 1983.
Avibank was aquired by a “Larger Fish” named SPS Technologies in March of 2000 and SPS Technologies was purchased by a “Even Larger Fish” named Precision Castparts Corp. in August of 2003. We are a Fortune 500 company
Sometimes I think that work is just the necessary evil so that one can afford to spend the time to pursue one’s hobbies.
Hobbies
I enjoy playing disc golf,
playing darts, watching hockey &
football games, camping, target shooting, riding horses, listening to good music,
eating good food, drinking good wine and smoking a good cigar every now and then.
I dig futuristic / sci-fi movies, TV shows, & books.
I like growing and caring for plants, you know, gardening and landscaping & stuff.
Yes, of course, I enjoy working with and learning about computers, building web site and working with graphics.
Our biggest hobbie is, of course, our dogs.
Music / Band
I got into playing music when I was about 16.
My brother used to roadie for local bands in Hollywood
and sometimes he’d take me with him.
I bought my first bass guitar when I was 16 and played my first party at 17.
I’ve played many different types of music, from punk to heavy metal
to pop / new wave and I’ve played at many of the Hollywood clubs
and I enjoyed the “scene” when I was into it.
I haven’t played in a band now for a long time now and sometimes I miss it.
Currently my favorite type of music is heavy metal,
although I enjoy classical music as well and will listen to almost anything.
Music in general has always been a pretty big part of my life.
I have a pretty large collection of music in digital format
(about 30,000 songs according to iTunes).