Glider_Pilot

There is nothing more attractive than self-awareness, personal responsibility, and a sense of wonder about the world. Wrapped in a nice package would be nice, too, but then I'm a guy and we somehow think that's really important. ;-)

California State Polytechnic University, 1992
Pomona, California - Aerospace Engineering

Daughtry, Nickleback, Loreena McKennitt, Matchbox Twenty, Sheryl Crow, Richard Elliot, Sade, Pink, Sara Bareilles, Hooverphonic, Mike and the Mechanics, Sara McLachlan, Tears for Fears, Linkin Park, Richard Marx, RUSH, Def Leppard, Journey, Vivaldi, Poe, Holst.

House (explains my acerbic posts, doesn't it?), Burn Notice, Deadliest Catch, Firefly, Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, Mad About You

The Edge, Shawshank Redemption, The Great Race, The Princess Bride, Dr. Strangelove, High Road to China, Contact, Dark City, Clear and Present Danger, The Matrix, Gladiator, Le Mans, Casablanca, Grosse Pointe Blank, Lord of the Rings (trilogy)

The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Peace War, Moving Mars, Jhereg, Pride of Chanur, Demon-4, Treasure Island, Star's End, The Little Red Book of Selling, The Elements of Typographic Style, Aircraft Design - A Conceptual Approach |

CURRENTLY READING:
"Dzur" - Steven Brust,
"ASA Written Test Guide - Private Pilot" |

RECENTLY FINISHED READING:
"Folklore of the Scottish Highlands", "Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles", "This Means This, This Means That - A User's Guide to Semiotics",
"Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration",
"Sojourner - An Insider's View of the Pathfinder Project",
"Russian Planetary Exploration - History, Development, Legacy, and Prospects",
"Planetary Landers and Entry Probes",
"Myth and Magic - The Art of John Howe",
"Guerrilla Marketing for Consultants",
"The Art of Client Service",
"Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works - The Official History"

"Dying people lie too. Wish they'd worked less, been nicer, opened orphanages for kittens. If you really want to do something, you do it. You don't save it for a sound bite." - House, M.D. | "How peaceful life would be without love, Adso; how safe, how tranquil—and how dull." - William of Baskerville, "Name of the Rose"