Daddy Scratches: A Rose By Any Other Name...

After 10 years as a work-from-home music journalist, Jon scored a full-time gig as a web-developer. Dressing in "business casual," driving to an office and sitting in a cubicle all day feels incredibly lame after calling his own shots for the better part of the past decade, but they're paying him a handsome sum to play on the computer and listen to his iPod all day, so things could be worse.

Jon and his wife married in Philadelphia in 1998. She has a master's degree in social work (which is helpful, since Jon's a self-described basket case who's been diagnosed with ADD) and works part time as a clinical consultant at a program that provides services for adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome and related social pragmatic disorders. Yes, she's very smart.

Their son, aka Zan, was born in June 2003. Their daughter, aka Jayna, was born in July 2005. Jon's convinced that they're the most adorable, wonderful and gifted children ever to set foot on the planet. He's also convinced that they're occasionally possessed by Satan, and he uses them to, among other things, ensure that he and his wife can never, ever, ever sleep past 5:30 a.m. and that their patience is pushed to the breaking point at least three dozen times per day.

Jon and his family live in one of the most expensive regions in the country. Did he mention that he's a writer and his wife is a social worker? The simple act of making the monthly mortgage payment generates more suspense than a Tom Clancy novel.

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