- I started out as a child
- First played pool 1961 age 15 - American Legion Post #12, taught by my father
- He taught me proper form, stroke and technique
- He taught me pool was a gentleman's game and was to be played accordingly
- First playing cue - Sampaio 'Premier' - purchased new 1963 - $35 - pool hall Manville, NJ
- 1970 - won Fort Knox 8-ball championship
- 1985 - began manufacturing acrylic products for the billiard industry
- 1986 - second playing cue - Meucci JR-? purchased from Gloria Oganowski
- 1987 - central NJ 8-ball league player of the year winner
- late 1980s - learn about 'real' cues from Sammy Jones and John Oganowski
- 1989 - exibitor BCA Trade Show - first of many
- 1989 - vendor US Open 9 Ball Championships - first of many
- 1989 - third playing cue - Gus Szamboti Titlist conversion
- late 1980s / early 1990s - repair cues for the public
- late 1980s to date - wrote many articles for billiard publications
- late 1980s to date - exhibited at many tournaments and expositions
- 1990 - create acrylic pool table for David Brenner - Amsterdam Billiards
- featured - June 1990 'Billiards Digest'
- 1990 - fourth playing cue - comission David Paul Kersenbrock - two Titlist conversions
- 1991 - comissioned Barry Szamboti to build his 14th cue - 57" cue for a 4' 10" friend
- 1992 - 1993 - owned and operated 10 Gold Crown table pool room - Washington, NJ
- 1997 - billiardcue.com - first internet site - custom and collectible cues
- 1997 - first of many years exhibiting at the 'Super Billiards Expo'
- 1998 - fifth playing cue - Barry Szamboti - 'Hoppe' style
- 1999 - billiardmemorbilia.com - pool/billiard/snooker memorabilia
- 1999 - sixth playing cue - Joel Hercek - 'Greek Goddesses'
- 2002 - major sponsor - first live televised US Open 9-bBall Championship
- 2002 - cuepics.com - pool cue photograpy service
- 2003 to present - member - American Cuemakers Association
- 2005 to 2008 - sponsor and vendor International Pool Tour
- 2007 - board of directors - Academy of Amerian Cue Art
- 2008 - 'this is Ames mister'.com - 'eye candy for the cue connoisseur'
- 2009 - barracudacue.com - featuring Samsara cues and Thomas cases
