Abnormal Interests

Accent: Southern Californian without valley elements on a Midwestern base. Therefore, I lack an accent but everyone else seems to have one.

Booze: Cheep wine and occasionally expensive wine

Chore I Hate: Cleaning off my desk

Dog or Cat: Cat - Socrates by name

Essential Electronics: My PC and server

Favorite Cologne: I smell good naturally or so I think

Gold or Silver: Silver for now, just take a look at the current silver/gold ratio.

Hometown: Bell, California. The truth is I've only lived outside of Los Angeles County for three years of my life and that was in nearby Riverside County. I have traveled a little. I've been to Cucamonga several times.

Insomnia: Only when I have unfinished business from the day. Unfortunately, that happens too often.

Job Title: Believe it or not, Vice President. Not bad for a guy who only works 20% time. And the title is simply "Vice President" not Vice President of this or that. I am a VP without portfolio or even regular assignment.

Kids: Two, grown and off the payroll.

Living arrangements: Suburban "ranch house" without the ranch that I share with Shirley and Socrates.

Most admirable traits: Sense of humor. Ability to learn new things fairly rapidly.

Not going to cop to: I'm sure not going to say it here.

Overnight hospital stays: Once in infancy for tonsillitis. No memory of the event.

Phobias: Heights on manmade structures. Please give me a room below the 20th floor and no higher than the nearby buildings. No glass elevators please. I am not bothered by natural heights.

Quote: "Loyalty to petrified opinion never broke a chain or freed a human soul... (Mark Twain)" if afarensis will share and "The most outrageous lies that can be invented will find believers if a man only tells them with all his might (Mark Twain)." if he won't.

Religion: Raised Methodist. Can't see the point these days.

Siblings: One brother.

Time I wake up: 6:30 am, just in time to take our morning walk.

Unusual talent or skill: I am told that I am good at using analogies to help the uninitiated understand complex concepts. For example, string theory is like . . . ah . . . ah . . . Well, perhaps I need a better example.

Vegetable I love: Broccoli

Worst habit: Messing with a straw while talking as lunch of dinner. The waiters always think I want a refill.

X-rays: Teeth, chest and feet. For a short time when I was a kid, shoe salesmen would x-ray your feet while you were wearing your new shoes to see how well they fit. Not a good idea but it was fun and I remember it.

Yummy foods I make: Barbequed stuff, mostly steak. While I like broccoli, I'm very far from a vegetarian.

Zodiac sign: Virgo if it matters to anyone.