software engineering (since 1996),
Hellenistic astrology (since 1994),
weightlifting (since 1989),
modern psychological astrology (since 1975),
jazz guitarist (since 1974).
players I've jammed with: Joe Magnarelli (trumpet) 1984 at the Orange Grove (sit in), Gerry Tomlinson (drums), Joe Riposo (sax - Syracuse Univ jazz professor), Peter Harth (piano), Tony Green (sax), Brian Blair (bass), and several others who I can't seem to remember by name.
Places I've played: The Green Mill in Chicago (June 1991 - Al Capones hideaway), Crouse Center for the Performing Arts , Westcott Street Fair, Schine Student Center (SU south campus), Orange Grove, Shifty's, Bo Jangles (all in Syracuse).
Movies:
don't interest me.
Television:
rots your brain.
Books:
Hermes Trismegistus,
Vettius Valens of Antioch - The Anthology,
Dorotheus of Sidon,
Anitochus of Athens - The Thesaurus,
Hephaistio of Thebes - The Apotelesmatics,
Paulus Alexandrinus - The Introduction,
Plato's Timaeus, The Sophist, The Statesman.
When I suffer from insomnia: Aristotle's Metaphysics.
Heroes:
Scholar Robert Schmidt, commedians: Lewis Black, Bill Maher, George Carlin. Musicians: Pat Metheny, Jim Hall.