People who get me know this... You'll never guess where this conversation will go. !

My career path... I wish I could retire right now !

My spirituality... It is what it is, and it has no supernatural component. !

My relationship status... Divorced !

My relationship saga... There were many, all short, lots of variety, and some surprises. !

My political leanings... slightly left !

My political views... Too few of the ambitious are wise, and too few of the wise are ambitious. !

A great song... Sultans of Swing !

An awful song... So many and so little space. !

A great movie... My Fair Lady !

An awful movie... I avoid movies. !

A great book... The Jack Aubrey & Steven Maturin tales by Patrick O'Brian !

A great company... Show me one. !

Delicious food... Most of it. !

A great website... http://www.fourmilab.com !

A great person... Theodore Roosevelt !

An awful person... Bill Gates !

What makes me glad to be alive... Good company !

I believe this... Nothing !

My ethnicity as others define it... Caucasian, European, European-American !

My ethnicity as I define it... I can't !

Gender... Male !