Tom Swiss is best known on the web as a blogger at Patheos. He is the author of Why Buddha Touched The Earth; also a software developer (master's degree in Computer Science), karate instructor (kari rokudan, Seidō juku Karate), shiatsu and massage therapist (Dipl. ABT, NCCAOM, Maryland LMT), , poet, singer/songwriter, and amateur philosopher. He lives in Catonsville, just outside of Baltimore, Maryland. Please see infamous.net for more information and contact.