Also, this isn't any sort of self-summary. It just happens to be the first field in my profile, so I thought I'd populate it w/my "keywords."

Some of these may seem a bit "overlappy," but I'm doing that for synonymity.

Keywords: Ben Bova future studiesfuturologyanime jam bands psychedelia classical music RPGs role-playing games video games MMORPGS concerts live music etree Studio Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki Masamune Shirow Impressionism Post-Impressionism PostImpressionism Surrealism Georgia O'Keeffe Yes Grateful Dead The Allman Brothers The Allman Brothers Band The Doors Pink Floyd Jerry Garcia Band relaxation massage Phil Lesh Phil Lesh & Friends rock festivals tape trading concert trading yoga weight training weight lifting biking cycling science-fiction fantasy conventions cons sci-fi/fantasy Orson Scott Card Michael Moorcock Isaac Asimov reading Barbara Tuchman history military history meditation Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allan Poe Poe H.P. Lovecraft Max Ernst Salvador DaliStanley Kubrick David Lean escapism BaltiCon Otakon KatsuCon NekoCon Anime U.S.A. Animazement Northern Virginia Anime Association NVAA Sean Russell FARK Gaia Online Kingdom Of Loathing Never Winter Nights NeverWinter Nights shyness shy social phobia information junkie CSS Cascading Style Sheets cryptology cryptography cryptoanalysis nanotechnology creative visualization humor humour improv improvisational humor sense of humor sense of humour sick humor sick humour dark humor dark humour black humour black humor energetic caffeine Nederlands The Netherlands Nederland Holland Dutch sleeping sleep dreams dreaming Chihuahuas Siamese Cats Mini-Pinschers Mini Pinschers MiniPinschers Pomeranians vegetarianism vegetarian Final Fantasy Square Atlus Game Boy Advance hippie hippies environmentalism civil liberties ACLU Roger Dean energy conservation animation Electronic Frontier Foundation

I'm supposedly very, very smart. So says my tailor. And occasionally funny.

I am wired, wacky, and sleepy

Expelling CO2 and other waste matter. And, ladies, sleeping on a HUGE PILE OF MONEY!!!!!*

*may not actually be true

See above.

He doesn't LOOK 96.

Books? Hmm...I don't really have favorites, but I do like sci-fi, fantasy, history, blah blah

Movies? Well, A Clockwork Orange, Natural Born Killers, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Castle In The Sky Laputa, pretty much anything from Studio Ghibli.

Music? I listen to a LOT of the Grateful Dead...a bit too much. But I really like Yes, Pink Floyd, The Allman Brothers Band, Jimi Hendrix, various other jam band/jazz types.

Foods? Mexican and Italian I could live on. I also like various Asian cuisines, but don't care to eat bugs.

Sleep, Water, Food, Shelter...that's only four. I guess I'll add two more if I can think of them. Oh!! Air!! That's pretty important. That still leaves one.

How hideously old I am and WHY WON'T I DIE?

Actually, I do think a lot about the nature of fairness. It's one of my Big Things. Like, why do women seem to prefer assholes over nice guys? Why do women "push away" us lonely guys, e.g., when you have a gf, they seem far more interested in you than when you don't. I'm somewhat clueless on this. I suspect it might be my Asperger's Syndrome.

Looking at squirrels outside the resthome window.

Or possibly at a con, concert, dining out, movie, etc. Standard stuff.

I may not really be 96.

If your fingers are capable of doing so, and you are so inclined.