    luke carey fordhttp://www.lukeford.net/luke_ford/bio/l12.html (born 28 may 1966) is an american writer, blogger, and former pornography gossip columnist. ==personal== ford moved to california in 1977. his father, desmond ford, was a noted seventh-day adventist theologian, and was the center of a theological controversy in the late 1970s and '80s. his mother, gwen ford, died of bone cancer in march 1970, when ford was three years old. after leaving the seventh-day adventist church, ford explored atheism. ford states that he was converted through the los angeles beis din.lukeford.net ford says he observes the jewish sabbath, attends synagogue regularly, and keeps kosher. he has been asked to leave at least two different congregations. ford wrote about his religious ostracism in xxx-communicated: a rebel without a shul. ==professional== ford studied economics at ucla but did not graduate. instead, he worked as an investigative journalist for southern california newspapers and at a radio station. in 1995, he became intrigued with the lack of journalistic coverage of the pornography industry, and started to write a book, which would become a history of x. in january 1996, after researching porn for a year, ford wrote, produced, directed and acted in what women want, a pornographic video. it was not a success. ford is credited as "dick dundee".web.archive.org in 1997, ford started his pornography gossip website, lukeford.com. he said, "i'm not a businessman. i'm not a conventional journalist. i'm a story teller/entertainer/lunatic."{{cite web|url=http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,40829-1.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1|title='the most hated man in web porn'|accessdate=
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