Who or what exactly is KOE? Well, let us start with little of my background. I always loved wearing the uniform as long as I could remember. Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Pioneer, Boys Brigade, C.I.T., Valley Forge Military Academy (VFMA) Cadet, and the United States Air Force (USAF). I always wanted to better myself as far as I could remember. My mother had me reading before I was in nursery school. There are photographs scattered here and there. No telling which family members has them. Mom gave me The Cultural Library, The Happy Hollisters, Animal Stories, Reader’s Digests, works from the great Edgar Allen Poe, etcetera… I remember when my Mom taught me my first poem, Bed In Summer. That alone changed the way I saw the world. It showed me that it had a lot to offer and I wanted all I could get. Even Dad joined in and recited Little Orphan Annie.

During my years in VFMA, they taught me to aim high, just like the USAF, and eventually I joined them, retiring after twenty years. In the Air Force, I started out as a cook. I worked my way up to senior cook, chef, and then baker. I wasn’t satisfied so I tried to cross train into Satellite Communications, but every time I tried for it, the positions closed. So, I wound up in the Air Traffic Control Radar (ATCR) field. The closest thing I ever did that related to electronics was when I worked at Telco on Sea Cliff Avenue. Across the street, my mother worked at Slaters and my father worked at Photocircuits, Even my best friend worked on the same street at Pall. Telco was known for its Sound Light switch; remember clapping your hand or snapping your fingers to make the light turn off and on?

ATCR was the most challenging thing I have ever done in my entire life besides the Hamilton Hall 500 at VFMA (aahhhh the memories). Technical training was to last a year with a high failure rate. I was the only Non-Commissioned Officer so there was a lot more pressure bearing down on me. I had to represent all Non-Commissioned Officers in front of those newbies. There was no way that I was going to fail. When it was all over, there were 5 of us left standing; 4 airmen and me. I was buzzing!

When I went to my first active duty station at Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California, I was in high heaven. Remember when you first watched Star Trek and couldn’t understand a thing they were saying? Well, that is exactly how it was the first few months of my assignment. I felt like I was working amongst aliens. Soon, however, I got into the lingo and forgot all about it.  I was working on a wide area of equipment. From Precision Measurement Equipment (PMEL) to Mobile Shelters with ancillary equipment. Remote Microwave Link (RML), Radar Data Transfer Groups (RDTG), Target Data Computers, Video Mappers, Brite II Displays, Flight Simulators, Tootsie Rolls, and the like… Imagine me aligning Phase Shifters using a Spectrum Analyzer, an Oscilloscope, as well as other equipment like echo boxes, frequency counters, logic probes, etc? I could go on but we must move on…

When I retired, I went on to try finding good jobs commemorating my abilities. Several of them told me I was overqualified and showed me why. It didn’t look good at all. Seemed like everything I learned was about to be defenestrated. But I finally got a job at the Computer Career Center as an Administrator. There I also taught MS-DOS and Unix. Today, I dial into client’s computers all across the United States and Hawaii, repairing equipment over Cisco Routers, Servers, Switches/Hubs, and other terminals…

With all that I have learned, Quantum Physics has sparked the most interest for me. This is where K.O.E. Materialized. Way back when I was learning about the Binary system along with Grey code, it was relatively a new thing. The Qbit would soon be taking over this antiquated science. K.O.E. explains more than just the Qbit; it explains why the things around us exist. Why WE exist. The Knowledge Of Existence…