BeachGhost's profile

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Relationship

Married

Hometown

Manchester NH

Places I've been

York ME, Portsmouth NH, Canada, Bermuda

Education

• UNH, Physics - 1971 to 1974
• UNH, Physics - 1965 to 1968
• USM, Computer Science - 1985 to 1988

Work

• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Engineer - 1968 to 2004

More about me

CE'AD MILE FAILTE!

I've lived here in the Seacoast region most of my life, and worked for one employer in various technical capacities for 35 years until I retired. Since I was a technical writer for part of my career, I've been updating my skills in Adobe publishing products with the objective of working in desktop publishing in the future. I have two grown sons of whom I'm very proud.
I've been online since home computers were first plugged into phone lines. The WWW didn't exist, social networks like Qlink charged by the minute, and the biggest upgrade was replacing a 300 baud modem with a 1200 baud, but we could see the future in our small 16-color monitors.

Incidentally, I make great chocolate chip cookies!
OK, that's my "resu-ME" All else I shroud in mystery.

Activities

Computers, stock market, photography, sportscars, beaches, salt water fishing, gym. I'm also an occasional mixed media artist using old computer parts (one photo on here).

Favorite Charities

Local aid and nonprofit organizations. They use their money most efficiently.

Favorite Music

Sixties rock, Celtic music, some current rock, European goth, some country, classical. I also play piano. Favorite song: I have about a dozen of various genres. They range from "Long Long Time" by Linda Ronstadt and "MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris to "The Unforgiven" by Metallica, "Sleeping Sun" by Nightwish, and "Frozen" by Within Temptation. Saw Loreena McKennitt live and think she's great!

Favorite TV Shows

"Heroes" and "Jerico". "Black Donnellys" looked good. I'm sick of reality and game shows. I'll take a good sci-fi or drama any day.

Favorite Movies

Drama, action, scary stuff. I don't mind chick flicks, but the Cinderella scenario is overrated. Some musicals, such as "Cats", "Phantom of the Opera", "Rent", and "Sweeney Todd"!

Favorite Books

"How the Irish Saved Civilization" by Thomas Cahill; "The Bridge Across Forever" by Richard Bach; "Winning" by Jack Welch. "Who Moved My Cheese" by Spencer Johnson Books by Lovecraft and Poe. "The Raven".

Favorite Quotes

"No day but today" from Rent; "Been down so long it looks like up"; "All are punished" - the Prince of Verona; "Time is a great charlatan, not a great healer" - LRH; "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation" - Thoreau

Favorite Animals

Cats

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