About the Author

Hello.  I am Todd Hersey, known formerly as FreakDaemon in college, the DM of Doom on the coolminiornot.com website and forums, and as the Hedge Wizard on my old family’s old website.  I am a gamer, student, writer, web designer, and cable jockey.

I was born in West Virginia but grew up in Ohio from ages four to 19.  I graduated from Martins Ferry High School thirteenth of the class of 1993.  I spent a couple of terms at the local tech school, but dropped out until the next fall when I went to the University of Akron.  A heavy rotation of late nights playing Magic: the Gathering and a wide assortment of role-playing games left little time for studies, so the following summer I joined the Navy in search of discipline. 

I globe trotted in the US Navy Seabees for about 4 years, spending time in Gulfport Mississippi, Puerto Rico, Okinawa Japan, Norfolk Virginia and Honduras.  I got married to my daughter’s mother, and got divorced after she cheated on me.  After my honorable discharge, I landed in Florida.
 
After bouncing around at a few jobs (telecommunications cable tech and mobile scaffolding builder) I was employed as a landscaper.  After yet another failed attempt at marriage, I returned to Ohio, where I live now with my dear friend Jeff and his family.