Jacob M. Dicke was born July 15, 1985 in Bowling Green, OH. After living in that area for a few years an employment situation required his family to relocate to the Sidney, OH area.While growing up in the Sidney area, Jacob attended Longfellow Elementary School through 3rd grade. After finishing 3rd grade with the Sidney City School System his family relocated to Jackson Center, OH.While residing in Jackson Center, Jacob attended Jackson Center Elementary and High School before attending the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School (JVS) his Junior and Senior years.In Jacob's opinion, attending the Upper Valley JVS was the best move he could make, regarding career and college prep training. While exploring career training at the school, Jacob mastered classes in Internet Technologies, Multimedia Design, Advertising, Marketing and PC Troubleshooting and Repair.After graduating his preliminary education in the summer of 2003, Jacob soon enrolled in college courses at Edison State College in Piqua, OH. Currently, Jacob is taking time away from school. He is currently employed by Systemax Mfg. Located in Fletcher, OH.His current employer, Systemax Mfg., is a Fortune 1000 Company that features an ISO-9000 Certified computer manufacturing and customer service facility.As the spring of 2006 approaches, Jacob is starting to fuel another creative outlook into his life; podcasting. Opinionated! is the fruit of Jacob's labor and will be launching spring of 2006.