Doug Farren was born in Franklin Pennsylvania but raised in Minnesota. He likes to call Forest Lake his home town. He joined the U. S. Navy in 1976 where he served as a nuclear electronics technician (reactor operator). He was honorably discharged in 1989 and now works as a senior nuclear instrumentation and control technician at the Perry nuclear power plant in Northern Ohio. He is also a computer programmer specializing in database applications. He has two daughters and is married to a very supportive wife. Doug can be reached through his email account at: farrendoug@hotmail.com.