Daniel Thomas

Daniel Thomas was born in Suffolk County New York in 1961. He was the fourth of five children. As he was clumsy when growing up and not athletically gifted at all, possibly due to childhood epilepsy, Daniel became a prolific book reader. Daniel played the trumpet and later on, the baritone horn. In 1976, after his father sold his business, Daniel moved to Florida. Florida has been his official residence ever since. Daniel has been fortunate in that he has been able to travel quite a bit. He has stepped foot in fifty United States and has been to over a dozen countries. Since 1989 Daniel has been married to Net Net, who was born in the Philippines. Daniel has spent a considerable amount of time in that country, has eaten bulad one time, and lived. Most of Daniel's time in the Philippines was spent in and around the city of Tacloban which was devastated by Typhoon Yolanda in November 2013. Daniel's explanation of Net Net- "That's my wife's nickname, Net Net. Net Net was born in Alangalang, is a waray waray, has a friend named Wen Wen, a niece called Jen Jen and once had a cat named Ten Ten." Daniel's interests include- Politics, Sports- Golf, Ice Hockey, and Pro football mostly. He likes to read watc movies. He watches television, but mostly older fare plus the game show Jeopardy! The only reality show Daniel claims to watch is the news. If Survivor was realistic, some of the contestants would end up being eaten. As for American Idol, Daniel says his wife Net Net sings better than almost any contestant the show has featured. Things that have shaped Daniel's adult life include seeing his mother die of lung cancer at age 53. She was a lifetime cigarette smoker and Daniel hates all tobacco. He has fought a 22-year battle against malignant melanoma. Besides melanoma, Daniel has had two separate close brushes with death. The first due to a pulmonary embolism and the second after he contracted pneumonia shortly after having open heart surgery. The most upsetting event in his life was the death of his son Daniel only 14.5 hours after he was born.