Tom Raymond is a professional clown and computer progammer (an odd combination, I’ll admit) living if Fitchburg, Wisconsin (effectively a suburb of Madison, the state’s capital) where he lives with Ellen, his wife of 15 years (as well as his clown partner, Goofy Grape), and their 4 youngest children—the oldest daughter is married and the mother of our first grandchild, whom I look forward to spoiling rotten.