Wile E Quixote

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Gender	Male
Industry	Technology
Occupation	Software Developer
Location	Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Introduction	Texas-born, living in the frozen wastes of Michigan; married to the same woman since 1976; 7 children, all grown; 3 grandchildren, with more on the way; now in remission from multiple myeloma, and finally back to work. Relevant quotes: "Wisdom is about 80% fatigue.", "Being a software engineer means always having to say you're sorry.", "Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. I have a lot of experience."
Interests	computer science, music, science fiction, poetry, Catholicism
Favorite Movies	2001: A Space Odyssey, Dark Star, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (both versions), The Count Of Monte Cristo, Spiderman 1&2, X-Men 1-3, Star Wars 1-6 (sort of -- I mean, a geek has to know about these things), Star Trek movies (same comment), hmmm, there are probably others I can't think of at the moment.
Favorite Music	Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Beatles, Boston, Rush, Santana, They Might Be Giants, Yes; there are others, too
Favorite Books	includes works by Scott Adams, Isaac Asimov, Greg Bear, Greg Benford, David Brin, Orson Card, G. K. Chesterton, Greg Egan, Robert Forward, Doug Hofstadter, James P. Hogan, Peter Kreeft, C. S. Lewis, Larry Niven, J. R. R. Tolkien (which of course disqualifies me from any kind of serious literary discussion); I know there are lots of others, but I can't think of them now.

If you could peer far enough into the night sky, you'd see a star in any direction you looked. When would you sleep?

During the day, obviously. Sheesh, don't you know *any* astronomers?