Interests & Hobbies
Meaning of Life:
Create, don't destroy.
Five Things I Can't Live Without:
Air, water, food, love, kisses.
Favorite Books:
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carol.
Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.
Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck.
The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov
Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, O'Henry, ...
What I Like To Do For Fun:
Tell random people jokes, just to make them happy.
Favorite Songs:
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral, Opening to Act III of the opera Lohengrin.
I Can't Get Started, Al Hirt.
All jazz, classical and abstract synthesizer music (think Stockhausen, John Pfeiffer), world music (African, Indian, Balinese Gamelan, Chinese, Japanese).
Basically everything minus rap and hip-hop...and Barry Manilow...and Justin Beiber.
Favorite Movies:
Romantic comedies, science fiction.
Craziest Thing I've Ever Done:
Wearing leather soled shoes, and sliding across the top deck of a cruise ship during a hurricane in 200 mph (320 kph) winds.
Waking up all the girls on the top floor of my university dorm up at three in the morning and getting them to play touch football. I was very drunk.
Wear makeup and go to the local mall. Very scary!
If I Could Be Anywhere Right Now:
Where I am.
Hobbies:
Photography, art, music, woodworking, billiards
See https://www.flickr.com/photos/20893016@N07/
Talents:
I am a musician. I play trumpet flute, and compose music. I did this for a living from the age of 14 until 30.
Also, see Hobbies above.
Perfect Mate:
In order:
1. Impossible to say, since we change throughout our lives.
2. Me.
3. My first girlfriend. Because we did not spend our lives together and grow weary of one another.
4. A girl that loves to kiss. A lot.
5. My wife of 37 years. Who does not like to kiss at all, but is, and always has been, kind and loving, a wonderful mother, and, to this day, still has the cutest grey eyes I've ever seen.
Perfect Date:
A stroll through the Louvre, a fine French dinner, and a walk under the stars.
Turn Ons/Offs:
Love, humor, kindness, understanding, acceptance, respect, forgiving.
Violence, hatred, meanness, unfairness.
Best Reason to Get to Know Me:
Because I'm old and interesting, and, as Douglas Adams described Earth: "Mostly Harmless"!