Tom Spence is a retired Marine Corps officer who served in all four Marine divisions, deployed to countries around the globe and afloat in the service of his country, including a tour with the United Nations in Iraq, and who settled in Oklahoma's one and only spaceport. Tom has seen the world with an eye for the unusual, unique, or just outright hilarious. Tom is the author of five books, numerous articles in print and online publications, and the president, secretary, and janitor of Gourmetcoffee2u.com. He serves as full-time pastor, local newspaper publisher and editor, poet, and occasional playwright.