My name is Dean Hardage. I was born in 1958 in a small town in eastern New Mexico and now live in that same town with my wife, two grown sons, and 6 small, furry family members. I've been in turn a Student, a Soldier, a Worker, Student again, and now a Technician in a plant that makes powdered milk products. In that time I've earned 3 college degrees, been in places halfway round the world, in both directions, and learned that most of wisdom is simply learning to listen.