* May not actually add up to 100 because of tax, title, license, undercoating and/or statistical sampling errors.
** Please feel free to suggest additions. If you email me, please put "100 Things" as the subject line.
** Please feel free to suggest additions. If you email me, please put "100 Things" as the subject line.
General CharacteristicsGeekish Traits
- I love to cook more than I like to eat.
- Most of my friends are women.
- I like to take pictures. (Grin grin, snap snap, wink wink.)
Quirks
- I work at a small, scientific visualization company.
- I am a titanium card member at my local library.
- I have used the "vi" editor for nearly half of my adult life, including now as I edit this file. Regular expressions are my friends.
- I successfully completed NaNoWriMo 2004 on November 25. I am going to attempt NaNoWriMo again in 2006 with mutual success encouraged by Kiri.
Sports
- I'm very good at picking things up with my feet.
- I don't wear jewelry or a watch, nor do I have any piercings or tattoos.
- Spiders don't bother me since they mostly stay out of my way. (I can't stand the ginormous flying cockroaches, though.)
- I like to drive small cars, ride a funky bike and fly airplanes. (I sold the plane because airplane ownership is too expensive.)
- I prefer cool weather. 58°F and partly sunny is ideal.
- I am tactile seeking, which may explain why I enjoy biking in wet weather.
Infotainment
- I am terrible at all team sports. All of them.... but I once got Jeff Bezos out in dodgeball.
- The farthest I've biked in one day was 139.8 miles. It took me 12 hours, 25 minutes. Afterwards, I slept (soundly) on a gymnasium floor.
Politics and Religion
- Books: (Fiction) 1984, the first fifty pages of Jennifer Government, Illusions, Syrup, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Non-Fiction) Fannie Farmer Cookbook, The Best Recipe, The Art of Demotivation (more entertaining after earning an MBA), Undaunted Courage, Toxic Sludge is Good For You! and Miles from Nowhere.
- TV Doctor Who (the new series), The 4400, The Colbert Report, Mythbusters, The Daily Show, House and The Weather Channel.
- Movies - Fight Club, Dances With Wolves, The Matrix. I liked the short-lived series Firefly, so there's a gratuitous plug for Serenity, Shawshank Redemption
- Music - I have very eclectic tastes. In a given evening, I may listen to selections from Neil Diamond, AC/DC, Leo Kottke, Led Zeppelin, REM, Dervish, CSNY (with/without N and Y), Cat Stevens and Sheryl Crow. Generally, I'm drawn to acoustical performances like KMTT's Mountain Music Lounge. With rare exceptions, I am uninterested in Country or Rap.
- Food - Thai, Tex-Mex, Japanese, Vegetarian, noodly dishes.
- Drinks - Milk, Fresca, iced tea. (I am a teetotaler
College
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- I went to a small, private university you've probably never heard of.
- I have masters degrees in Electrical Engineering and Business. My undergraduate degree is in computer science and mathematical sciences. My next degree will be something completely different.
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