Welcome to the Homepage of Paul & Irene

Hi, my name is Paul Garvin. I am a mechanical engineer working in the utility industry. I design valves, crushers and other machinery that has to withstand severly abrasive environments. I work with castings, welded fabrications and pressure vessels. I use Autodesk Inventor to create 3D drawings & parts diagrams for our products. In my free time race cars in a sport called Autocross. I am heavily involved with my local SCCA region, helping put on autocross events and helping with our website. I have a blog that features much of my trials and tribulations with trying to go faster. Currently I race a Mazda Miata in SCCA's STS2 class. In my other spare time I am a computer geek. Because of my involvement with PhillySCCA's discussion board I have become a fan of PHP and have created several Modifications for phpBB3.

My wife, Irene, works in the IT department of a major traffic service. When servers break she fixes them. She has a Broadcast, Telecommunications, and Mass Media degree from Temple University. In her spare time Irene enjoys experimenting with and discussing cosmetics, especially Bare Escentuals, and cooking.

Irene and I got married on October 4, 2008. We started a blog chronicling the planning our big day shortly after getting engaged. We have left the blog up for posterity.