Profile: The elusive Edward Payne is a correspondent for LushForLife.com. Born in Egypt, son of a fisherman, Payne spent the majority of his childhood on various steamboats and barges, traveling the seven seas. At the early age of thirteen, his father sold him to a world trader for a year's supply of frozen squid. After reaching the age of eighteen, Payne settled in downtown Berlin, where he surrounded himself with German Bohemians and radical political groups. He received his Doctorate in Linguistics and Computer Programming, specializing in the field of Artificial Intelligence, hoping to create the world’s first perfect FemBot. He continues to travel the globe, establishing numerous contacts for microchips and silicon enhancements on all seven continents. He resides in Berlin during the summer months, while also making monthly visits to LushForLife.com's main headquarters in Tampa, Florida.