So you want to know something about the ol' Mindworm.

Well, what's to say? From the Wordwork page (if you've read much of it), you can tell that this ol' mindworm is a married dude. It's not rocket science to gather he's a geezer and Vietnam vet, an arrogant ol' coot with a run-away mouth, who likes to tell stories (= lies) and drink beer.

OK, you say you already knew that. You're not stupid, and you did read the site. Does the Mindworm have a name?  Most who've visited the site already know the answer is yes. Anyone else would be stupid not to assume that a person's name underlies the Mindworm. Of course I have heard of corporate entities with a moniker like George or Bill or Sally or something when there actually was no one at the place so named, but a simple fiction that allowed all sorts of excuses and someone to scapegoat for all the corporate failures and screw ups. So said, I will confess that the Mindworm is but one person: me, Pete Freas. Next question:  Who's Pete Freas?

He's the Mindworm. Conceived Bill, changed to Henry Edward under pressure from grandparents, became Pete in the Hospital (in Cleveland, Ohio, a VERY long time ago) because Mom didn't want to call me Hank or Ed. So, now I am the corporate Mindworm, the legal Henry E, and in body mind and soul just Pete. Gemini. Rural childhood, graduated from a high school small enough that one such as I could play varsity athletics. Attended Kent State University, graduated from Ohio Northern Unviersity ('65) with a BA degree in English and in History. Graduated Navy Reserve Officer Candidate School, Newport, R I, ('64); commissioned Ensigh USNR and served the next 26 years in the Navy. Changed from USNR to USN during flight training after a two and a half year tour of duty aboard USS Coates (DE 685), a WWII vet Naval Reserve training ship. NAS Pensacola flight training - designated Navy pilot (12/68). You can tell from reading the site, I flew helicopter gunships in Vietnam. Hoo ahhhh. After Vietnam, spent two years at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. Married Ann in Virginia (70). Graduated ('72) with a BS degree in Operations Research/Systems Analysis (a consollation prize, as most of my classmates earned MS degrees - but then I was a poet in a high-tech curriculum. Go figure.) Ann and I adopted boy/girl twin babies ('79) in San Diego. Attended Defense Language Institute in Monterey much later and learned German for my two and a half year "twilight' tour of duty at the German Staff College in Hamburg, from which I retired. Earned a MA degree in Communication from University of Oklahoma ('89) extension programs at DC and Ramstein AFB in Germany. Between 1970 and 1990, I completed six marathon races, including Honalulu, NYC, and Hamburg.

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