Vin Faris:  

I grew up in West Covina but my family moved to Thousand Oaks, CA. in summer of 1960 so I didn't graduate with the people I grew up with. After graduating from Camarillo High School in 1962 I joined the Navy and retired in 1991. After retiring from the Navy I worked in computer security and then with Sony in their customer support center as a customer support technical trainer. I retired from Sony in 2004 and took on a full time position teaching computer technology at a local university. On July 1, 2016 I retired from the university but I'm still teaching part time. Sports interests: I don't follow professional sports because I think what they get paid to play a game is obscene and I refuse to help support the industry. I earned my Master of Education degree from the University of South Florida so I do follow USF and university teams but I'm not a fanatic about any sport overall. Politically I'm a Conservative Libertarian. I believe the government needs to stay out of our business and I don't care what you do as long as it doesn't hurt someone else and doesn't infringe on my rights. That includes my right to worship. The First Amendment provides freedom 'of' religion, not freedom 'from' religion. If a Star of David, a cross, a Nativity scene, or any other artifact with religious symbolism, from any religion, causes you pain or upsets you emotionally you need to see a psychiatrist, not a lawyer. Couple of favorite quotes: "Those who come after us will have to risk t...Expand for more