A Bit About Michael Blotzer

By day I'm a Certified Industrial Hygienist and Certified Safety Professional at NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Lewis Research Center is devoted to improving air and space propulsion and power systems. It's a neat place to work, with some interesting occupational health and safety challenges. While visiting NASA, make sure you stop in to see the Hubble Space Telescope pictures. By night I'm a freelance writer, serving as Contributing Editor on computers for Occupational Hazards magazine by Penton Publishing. I've written about using computers in the occupational safety and health professions for over 10 years. Click here to view a list of my publications. My book, Internet User's Guide for Safety and Health Professionals, Published by Genium Publishing Corporation, teaches effective use of the internet through easy, step-by-step exercises. Feel free to browse the Guide's Essential Resources Directory, my selection of the most useful, essential internet resources for safety and health professionals from the nearly 400 listings in the Guide. I plan to update the Guide annually and will keep readers up-to-date between editions here through my Internet Guide Update. In addition to my free lance writing, I've given several talks on the Internet to professional societies. Send me email if you're interested in additional information. By the way, since I'm an employee of the federal government by day, I must give a short disclaimer regarding my sideline activities. Quality is a critical factor in our lives. The best source of quality information is Krister Forsberg's Quality Management Principles WWW site. Check it out. I'm an avid bicycle commuter -- it's a great way to exercise and relieve workday stress. Learn all about road and mountain biking, including the location of cycling clubs in your area, through Cycling.org, the best directory of cycling resources on the internet, and Bike Site, a bicycling webzine and bulletin board. Another passion is computer computer flight simulators, especially networked multiplayer World War II combat sims. Finally, I can't let you leave without pointing you to St. Alphonzo's Pancake Homepage, a shrine to my favorite modern composer. Click on my address, mblotzer@mindspring.com, to send me an email message.