Education: Physics, engineering, teaching
Passions: Music, people, children, learning, anything exquisitely beautiful and/or really well done
How I want to die: Be hit by a meteor at least the size of a hippopotamus.
Favorite people: Jim Croff, Charles Holeman, George Mansfield
Favorite celebrities: Sir Winston Churchill, Steve Allen, Victor Borge, Pat Condell, George Bernard Shaw, Walter Kronkite
Some least favorite people: Paris Hilton, George Bush Jr., Rosanne Barr, Howard Stern
Pet peeves: Apathy, the fur trade. Laugh tracks; they are insulting and a poor substitute for humor.