Adeodatus49

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Government
Occupation Retired
Location Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Introduction Retired Navy, retired U.S. Civil Service; politics: independent, conservative, and confused.
Interests The RC faith, Orthodox Church, traditional liturgies, religious studies, military history, medieval history, history in general, and science fiction.
Favorite Movies Shane, The Quiet Man, Hondo, The Shootist (most anything John Wayne), The Longest Day, The Battle of Britain, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Full Metal Jacket, LOTR Trilogy, Cheech 'n Chong's Up in Smoke (Heck! I'm not perfect.)
Favorite Music Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach, Kingston Trio, most mountain music, Blue Grass, the McGarrigle Sisters (Kate R.I.P.) Rogers & Hammerstein, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Alabama, Chicago, the Eagles, Green Day (in honor of my son), and you guessed it: the Leningrad Cowboys! LOL
Favorite Books Bible (in traditional translations), the Summa Theologica, the Roman Catechism of the Council of Trent, LOTR Trilogy, Most of Hemingway, the poetry of John Donne, the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Arthur C. Clarke's works, some of Robert Heinlein, Jack McDevitt, Gene Wolfe, some of Tom Clancy, Larry Bond, Stephen Coonts.

What reason do you have to believe the earth is flat?

A quart of single malt scotch whiskey