Vitals & History

At one time, I had an entire long story of where I came from, and how I came to be where I am today. I decided that since a lot of what was there is sort of old news, and contained some rather useless information, I thought it was about time I updated this section.

So, who am I? My name is Matthew Klem, and I live in Riverview, NB. Riverview is part of a tri-community of people in Greater Moncton New Brunswick. I’ve lived in Moncton for most of my life so I call it home.

I was originally born in Edmonton, Alberta back in December of 1973. I moved out to Moncton when I was still a kid, and have lived here more or less my whole life since. I lived in Saint John for a year while I went to school, and I also lived in Poughkeepsie, NY (puh-kip-see) for a year while I worked down there.

I’m currently married to my wonderful wife Tamara Klem who I have known for almost 20 years, but we only got together back in 2003. We have two great kids, one of whom is pushing towards the teenage years which I have been told I need to worry about.

I’m a self-professed  geek and am quite happy to be. I’m into computers and IT, and have been working in that field for awhile now. Worked at IBM as a programmer, Norampac as a computer pathologist (the computers there were always dying), a couple of local colleges as an instructor, and even worked for the government a few times on small projects.

I’m an avid traveler and have been all over the world from South America, to Africa and as far away as Australia. I moved most of my travel stuff over to a travel blog of mine which you can see here.

Beyond my work, family, and travel I am also a writer. I’ve been writing in one form or another since 1987. My most prominent works were through a music fanzine I was a part of for a few years, as well as this blog, and the news articles on Cache Up NB. I also wrote technology articles for the local paper for a few years.

But my most prominent work now are the books I have published or am in the process of writing/publishing. You can read all about my books on my author’s page.

This blog started long before the likes of Facebook and used to serve as my online presence where my friends and family could find me. Now I use it to write the occasional rant or story about things that are on my mind.