See James Carr's blog to understand the derivation of this blog post. The challenge: "confess five interesting things about myself that not a lot of people know about." Most of my close friends will know this stuff, but most of my close friends don't read my blog either. It's more than five things so I lumped a few things together.

1. I just started motorcycle riding, shortly after Bob Koss (from Object Mentor) learned. I have a Kawasaki Vulcan 500, which is a great starter bike, but I'm looking forward to getting something just a bit bigger. Texas is a great place to be for riding, but I'm dreading the summer.
2. I enjoy running and bicycling. Southlake, TX appears to be the worst city in the U.S. for bike riding, all the more appalling since most of it was built and designed in the last 20 years. I'm working on some obnoxious Southlake cartoons, making fun of how ludicrous this city is, with my daughter (the artist). Right now I have plantar fasciitis, so I don't run. I used to be a Frisbee nut. My wife Kathy bought me a disc golf "pole hole" for my birthday.
3. Similar to James, I'm a music lover; I play guitar, drums, and keyboards all fairly poorly (and used to play trumpet and sousaphone fairly well). Some people say they're not very good, but they don't mean it. I do. It's still fun. I listen to quite a few artists (I have about 1700 CDs by about 800 artists), but mostly to non-mainstream rock and pop.
4. I'm a hardcore capitalist, and have authored a dozen columns on related topics.
5. My older brother was hit by an elephant at age ~22 and critically wounded.

There you have it. More than you wanted to know.

Tagged: Bill Barnett (aka Burl Veneer, tie expert), Ron Jeffries

posted by Jeff L.  # 4/07/2007 01:25:00 PM Database TDD Blogs