I'm back in Boston after a 7 month absents. Now I need to rebuild my life.

I still have not figured out what I want to do when I grow up.

In college I studied, Math, Electrical Engineering, Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Theatre, Physics & Anthropology.

I have earned money as a furniture mover, fast food cook, computer programmer, electronics assembler, bodywork therapist, hypnotherapist, teacher, candle maker, business analyst, repairman (everything from backhoes to hospital beds), . . . I have probably forgotten some.

I have taught aikido (a martial art based on the idea that you can defend yourself without hurting your attacker), shiatsu (a type of massage based on the theory of acupuncture), candle making, qi gong, meditation, stress management, database design, computer programming, and computer repair.

My hobbies have included, martial arts, square dancing, backpacking, sailing, canoeing, skiing, swimming, rock climbing, survival camping, bicycling, yoga, belly dancing, square dancing, knitting, macrame, carpentry, quilling (the art of coiling paper), photography, acting, theatre lighting design, archery, cooking, gardening, . . .

I have traveled extensively around the northern hemisphere, for both business and pleasure, but have never crossed the equator.

I like animals. I have shared living quarters with dogs, cats, birds, and fish. I have been friends with many domestic animals including: guinea pigs, gerbils, rats, mice, snakes, spiders, and a flying squirrel that my aunt raised.

Trying to rebuild my life.

Mostly I read: Math, Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Computer science, TCM, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Biography, Poetry, . . .

I also teach, and take classes. I am always learning. I develop software, go to museums, cook, eat, go to the theatre occasionally, practice martial arts, qi gong and yoga. I like to take long walks.

I have a natural gift for massage and bodywork.

I am an excellent cook.

I'm a good teacher.

Back when Trivial Pursuit was popular everyone wanted me on their team.

I am good at math and computer programming.

I'm good at solving puzzles.

I've been told that I move well.

I am very good at biofeedback and can control my body temperature. When I was a kid if I wanted to get out of school I'd go the the nurses office and run a fever to get sent home.

First, my gray beard, auburn pony tail and blue eyes.

Second my broad education and probing mind.

Books:
The Other Wise Man
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
The Lord Of the Rings
Dune
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Anything by Mark Twain, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, H. G. Wells, Marion Zimmer Bradley, or Ray Bradbury.
I recently read all of Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files novels;
Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mysteries; and F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack novels; and am working my way through Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series. and Thomas E. Sniegoski's Remy Chandler novels.

Some of my favorite movies :
The Gold Rush (1925);
Metropolis (1927);
Duck Soup (1933);
Destry Rides Again (1939);
Rope (1948);
The African Queen (1951);
High Noon (1952);
Seven Samurai (1954);
The Trouble with Harry (1955);
The Court Jester (1956);
12 Angry Men (1957);
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 );
North By Northwest (1959);
World Without Sun (1964);
In the Heat of the Night (1967);
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968);
Take the Money and Run (1969);
The Sting (1973);
Blazing Saddles (1974);
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975);
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope(1977);
Alien (1979);
Being There (1979);
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
Airplane! (1980);
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982);
Starman (1984);
Enemy Mine (1985);
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986);
The Princess Bride (1987);
The Bourne Identity (1988, not the 2002 version);
Bird On a Wire (1990);
Sneakers (1992);
Shall We Dance? (1996, not the American remake)
Being John Malkovich (1999);
Shanghai Noon (2000);
The Vagina Monologues (2002);
Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003);
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004);
Pan's Labyrinth (2006);
The Illusionist (2006);

Music:
Edvard Grieg
Ralph Vaughan Williams
John Williams
Simon and Garfunkel
Tom Lehrer
Stan Rodgers
Broadway show tunes

I am very open minded when it comes to food. I'll try anything. I find I like a lot of different foods. I tend to follow Thomas Jefferson's example and eat meat as a condiment.

I enjoy musical theatre. My favorite musicals are : Camelot, Fiddler on the Roof & Man of La Mancha. All three make me cry every time.

My favorite poets are : Ogden Nash, Percy Byssshe Shelley, Henry Van Dyke, Rudyard Kipling & Edgar A. Guest

I also like old time radio drama, especially Gun Smoke.

Like Thomas Jefferson, I cannot live without books. Add to that the big five: Air, Food, Water, Clothing & Shelter. That makes six.

More interesting are the things I CAN live without.
I've been without a TV most of my adult life.
I've been without a car since 1992.
I was without a phone for the better part of a year once.
I was without a working toilet for six months once (that was not easy).

I'm addicted to NPR, but think I could kick the habit.

So far I have been able to live without a cell phone. I hope I can keep this up.

My life revolves around computers, life without them would be very different, but it might even be better.

How things work, ALL things; Computers, The Human mind, The Human body, Human society, religion, the economy, The universe, . . .

Teaching an aikido class.

When they caught Theodore Kaczynski (The Unabomber), my mother told me, "He's just like you, only smarter".

You're interested in stimulating conversation and good cooking, want a good massage, and like long walks.