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Relationship

Single

Hometown

Ft. Atkinson, WI, USA

Places I've been

36 US states & D.C., Canada, Mexico, Guatamala, England, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hong Kong, Bali, Guam

Education

• Wisconsin State University - Whitewater, WI - 1958 to 1966

Military

• U.S. Air Force - 1962 to 1966
  Division: Minuteman missile
  Rank: E3

Activities

• personal computers
• bicycling
• photography
• reading
• Wikipedia
• manager of the 'Germany' group

Favorite Charities

• Interfaith Hospitality Network (http://www.nihn.org/ihn/ihn.html)

Favorite Music

• classical
• smooth jazz
• new age

Favorite TV Shows

• Charlie Rose
• CSI
• NUMB3RS
• Big Bang Theory

Favorite Movies

• 2001-A Space Odyssey
• The Great Escape
• Amadeus
• Young Frankenstein

Favorite Books

• 'A Memoir' ~ John Glenn
• 'Pale Blue Dot' ~ Carl Sagan
• 'Citizen Soldier' ~ Stephan Ambrose
• 'Life 101' ~ John-Roger and Peter McWilliams

Favorite Quotes

• "Don't hold your ego so close to your position so that when your position goes

, your ego goes with it." Colin Powell (1937 - )

"I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them." -Isaac Asimov

, author (1920-1992)

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding about ourselves." - Carl Jung

, Swiss psychiatrist (1875-1961)

"Information is the currency of democracy. " -Thomas Jefferson

, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826)

"To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit." -Stephen Hawking

, theoretical physicist, (1942 - )

Favorite People

• Abraham Lincoln
• John Glenn
• Morgan Freeman
• Arthur C. Clarke
• Barack Obama

Favorite Places

• Denver
• San Francisco
• London
• Bacharach

, Germany

Lauterbrunnen Valley

, Switzerland

Favorite Animals

• mountain gorillas (see Koko.org)
• bottle-nosed dolphins
• meerkats
• Yorkshire terriers

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