David Porter is a native of Oakland, California. He started his illustrious career in the darkened & heavily camouflaged realm known as the Marine Corps in 1987. Young lad that he was, he found himself corrupted by the ways of the fraternity of shaved heads known as the Devil Dogs. He toured the Mediterranean and other parts of Europe making friends and sampling every conceivable form of alcohol. David ended his military career in a rough, but brief, (turkey) tank shoot-out in a greasy spoon of a place known as the Gulf of Persia.

After that, David decided that he needed a sane place of employment. He found refuge in the hallowed halls of the Department of Veterans Affairs. After dealing with blinding bureaucracy, really lazy government employees & borderline (postal!!) veterans, David realized that his future lay elsewhere. In 1993 David started the advancement of his education at San Francisco State University, residing there for three years (no...I am still chasing that @@#$$#!!*&* diploma!!). During this time David was invited to join the staff at SFPG, a haven of cool & very interesting people. He has resided there to this day.