My name is Robert. I was born in a sleepy little oil town in southeast Texas, and now I live on the North Sea coast of Germany. How I came to live here in Ostfriesland, as this region of the country is called, is a story for another time. Suffice it to say that I have a house here, and I work as a software architect/designer/developer for large banks, insurance companies, and corporations in Germany.  When I look back on...

I approached the front of my house and climbed the steps up to the front porch.  I said to myself, "Ok, Pattie girl, just keep going.  Don't look left or right, just straight ahead."   Everything around me was deathly quiet.  The only sound that I could hear were my footsteps on the wooden porch.  I walked to the front door, unlocked it, and stepped into the house.  After closing the door behind me, I relocked it securely...

My name is Pattie.  I am a 37 year old single mother of a 16 year old teenager.  I was out having a drink one night at the "Squeaky Saddle" honky-tonk in southern Texas when I ran into one of the most amazing individuals that I had ever met.  His name was Tolban.  He was from another planet.  I know, I know.  As incredible as it sounds, just trust me:  he really was from outer space and he proved it beyond a shadow of a d...