LATEST ADDITIONS/CHANGES

3/13/2019:	Added a couple of paragraphs to my How I Became An Atheist page and made numerous small updates all across the site.
2/27/2015:	Added Bat For Lashes to the "Featured Artists" section of my Musical Recommendations page.
2/27/2014:	Updated my badly-out-of-date personal biography.
7/12/2013:	Updated my Tribute to Meg Foster page with a new story of meeting Meg in person.
1/27/2011:	Added Vienna Teng to the "Featured Artists" section of my Musical Recommendations page.
4/21/2010:	Updated my "Tribute to Meg Foster" page with two items on her current activities.
12/19/2008:	Since the RIAA has dropped it's policy of suing individuals for sharing music files (Wall Street Journal article here), I have dropped the paragraph on my Musical Recommendations page calling for a boycott of CDs produced by RIAA member companies.
4/17/2008:	Updated my photos page with six photos of Tammy and my model rockets.
9/12/2007:	Updated my quips page with several one-liners sent in by Patrick Y.  Thanks!
2/16/2007:	Updated my quips page with several Yogi Berra-isms.  Thanks to Edward S. for the suggestion!
1/11/2006:	Updated my photos page with three old photographs of my ancestors.
5/9/2005:	Added my Tribute to Yvette Nipar page.
4/6/2005:	Added Mary Fahl to the "Featured Artists" section of my Musical Recommendations page.  Also updated many of the photos on that page.
3/14/2005:	Added Piney Gir and Emily Richards to the "Featured Artists" section of my Musical Recommendations page.
8/26/2004:	Updated my "Tribute to Meg Foster" page with one woman's lovely story of meeting Meg in person.
8/20/2004:	Updated the Computer Hardware/Software Links on my main page.
6/11/2004:	Added my Tribute to Meg Foster page.
3/15/2004:	Added free downloadable Linux and Windows programs to my quips page.

Welcome to my web page!  Sit a spell.  Take your shoes off.  If you have any comments or questions, feel free to email them to me at:

• Frequently-Asked-Question #1: How do you pronounce your last name, anyway?

  Answer: Say the word "how", then add the "k" sound from the beginning of the word "kite": "how" + "k" = "Houk".

• Frequently-Asked-Question #2: Are you the guy who wrote the Cato Chronicles in Sport Rocketry Magazine?

  Answer: Yes, that's me.  If you have any comments or suggestions about the column, I would love to hear them.

• Frequently-Asked-Question #3: Who are you?

  Answer: I'm a fifty-something liberal atheist computer geek.  I'm a husband, father and grandfather.  I'm a fan of model rockets, Monty Python, video games, cats, and good books (not just science fiction ones, either).  For more information, click on the "Enter My Website" link below.

Enter My Website...

I click on these sites daily.  It's free, and they are all good causes.  Won't you think about doing the same?

		The Animal Rescue Site: Feed an Animal in Need			The Breast Cancer Site: Fund Mammograms
		The Child Health Site: Help a Child in Need Lead a Healthy, Active Life			The Hunger Site: Give Food to Hungry People in the World
		The Literacy Site: Help Children Read by Giving Them Their Own Books			The Rainforest Site: Help Save our Rainforests