My fascination with science fiction started at an early age and has never left me. Now my writing often blends steamy erotica with a dose of contemporary fantasy into that long simmering science fiction. I’ve traveled more in earlier days than I do lately. Now I play with 3d printers, or maybe they just play with me. While pulling what's left of my hair out because of that 3d printer, I like to listens to a range of eclectic music, especially indigenous music from around the world.
Oh, and one more thing, after a slow decline of my health that had been on-running for decades, on March 3rd, I received a kidney transplant. I got the call at 7 AM to come to the hospital. I had made my way to the top of the transplant list. I had been on that wait list for over three years. I recognized that my gaining a new lease on life meant another family's tragedy. Someone had died overnight and a family is grieving.
Now, after a long recovery I am gaining back the strength that years of kidney disease had taken from me. I hope with this new lease on life I can pursue my interests as well as my responsibilities, especially those I owe to my family who have been so supportive over this hard period.
If you want to find out more about donating life or have your own organ transplant experience, please write me from the email page.
Likes:
Organ Donors
Books
Foreign films
Indi films
Music from around the world
Indigenous music - the more eclectic the better
Folk music - the more intelligent the better
Carrot Cake
Cheesecake
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
a well-crafted microbrewery Beer
California wines
Manhattan cocktails
(I don’t drink any more, but I still like the concept of a good drink)
Steak
Salmon on the grill
Seafood of all kinds
& that which is Yet To Be Discovered
Dislikes:
yahoos
flag wavers
holy rollers
bubbas and other assorted morons
anchovies
ketchup
hot dogs
hot dogs with ketchup
tuna casserole
casseroles of any kind
tuna dishes of any kind - except fresh grilled
rockabilly
rap
country
metal
yard work
house work
people who don’t have organ donor cards
& anything of the mundane
Been to:
Canada
Bahamas
England
Wales
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Lichtenstein
Italy
Sweden
Denmark
Hungary
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Slovenia
Croatia
Serbia
Yugoslavia (when there was such a place)
Greece
and of course, the USA
Wanna' go to:
Seychelles
Maldives
Bora Bora
Netherlands
Scotland
Iceland
Finland
Norway
The Canaries
Malta
New Zealand
Australia
Argentina
Chile
Brazil
Turkey
Spain
Morocco
Egypt
Russia
China
and to see a lot more of the USA
Twenty books that have stayed with me over the years for no particular reason, in no particular order.
Dune - Frank Herbert
Dracula - Bram Stocker
Hobbit/Lord of the Rings trilogy - JRR Tolkein
Satanic Verses - Salman Rusdie
Ground Beneath Her Feet - Salman Rushdie
Time Enough for Love - Robert Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid - Douglas Hofstadter
The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins
Dragons of Eden - Carl Sagan
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Story of O - Pauline Reage
Delta of Venus - Anais Nin
Prodigal Summer - Barbara Kingsolver
Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin
Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
Beowulf - as translated by Seamus Heaney
Long Dark Teatime of the Soul - Douglas Adams
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand - Samuel Delaney
What the heck are Bitcoins?
