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Ben

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About Me

My name is Ben, a life long resident of the TarHeel state. and yesss, I do believe the sky is Carolina blue. I did spend 10 years in the Army including, 2 tours in Vietnam, 1 tour on Okinawa, 1 in Germany, and was stationed twice in Virgina, once in Oklahoma, twice in Georgia, and a brief stent in South Carolina. I spent 20 years in the manufacturing field 3 of which was in Dayton Tn; 7 years at Sears, and till recent retirement I was the Corporate Director of Maintenance for a large Assisted Living company. I have done a number of things avocationally, one following my love of Astronomy was teaching basic observational Astronomy for elementary school teachers. I could go on, but why bore ya.

My Interests

Astronomy, Archaeology, History, geneaology, guitar pickin (yeah and grinnin too), herb gardening, woodworking, photography, movies, music, dancing, cooking, coin collecting, and many others.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with who you can have and intelligent disscussion, and who understands that life is not lived from the left or the right, but winds its way back and forth find its way mostly toward the middle. From the Dead: Adam (was Eve that hot). Moses, Jesus, Budda, Mohamed, Henry the 8th, George Washington, Franklin Rosevelt, Ike, Patton, Churchill, Edison, Einstien. From the Living: Bob Dole, Tom Brokhaw, Martina McBride, and too many to list.

Music:

Some of all , but all of none. Love music, esp. Fleetwood Mac, classical rock. Also, Willie and Wylan and all the outlaws. Martina McBride, Lee Ann Womack, Allison Crouse. Lonestar. Etc. etc.

Movies:

Most any movie that is good to excellent. Some favs: Sound of Music, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Eragon, Patton, Elizabeth, any good historically based film, Happy feet, Mozart and the Whale, The Departed, etc. etc.

Television:

AI, the dance contest, Bones, CSI Miami, House, most anything on Science, NASA, Discovery, History , Travel , and DIY channels. NFL, and Nascar.

Books:

Too many to list. A few favorites: The Agony & The Escasy, The Dune series, Hobit and Lord of the Rings trilogy, Adromeda Strain, The Choosen and all Chaim Potok, The Egyptian and all Waltari books, lots of biographies on historical figures, general history, genealogical materials.

Heroes:

The man of Steel of course. My high School chemistry teacher Mr. Hood. My ancestors. Mr. Richard Jonas, an everyday man, who happened to be the best man I have ever known. Several best friends who I will not go into why to save embrassing them.

My Blog

Detached Retina, The saga continues.

My vist to the doctor on May 23rd did not go well.  The retina had retorn at the bottom.  This required more gas injection and laser work.  On my next vist the tear returned, and the pr...
Posted by Ben on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:15:00 PST

Detached Retina & Love of Reading, & updates

Well this is my first attempt at a blog entry.  Please forgive any errors, as I am still not seeing clearly. A little over two weeks ago the company, which I retired from, pestered me into return...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 01 May 2008 06:58:00 PST