People who get me know this... I yearn !

My career path... scientific computing !

My spirituality... atheist buddhist !

Letters after my name... M.S. !

My relationship status... Single !

My relationship saga... single again after a long relationship !

My political leanings... far left !

My political views... Fabian sounds right; i.e., I think Obama is right-wing !

A link to great art... http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/Hesse_Laocoon.htm !

A great song... Polyester Bride !

An awful song... Born in the USA !

A great movie... Masculin feminin !

An awful movie... Star Wars !

A great book... Speak, Memory !

An awful book... The Fountainhead !

A great company... how can a company be great? !

An awful company... KBR !

Delicious food... twice-cooked pork !

Terrible food... McDonald's !

A great person... MLK !

An awful person... George W. Bush !

Best time I ever had... climbing and hiking in British Columbia !

Worst time I ever had... school, grades 5-12 !

What Ive been up to lately... moving to a new apartment !

What drives me crazy... cellphones, grammatical hypercorrection, people with no self-awareness !

What makes me glad to be alive... the sudden scent of flowers when I step outside the office !

I believe this... I'm not a believer !

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

My ethnicity as I define it... What's "ethnicity"? !

Gender... Male !