David Sakrison
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Former Exec Dir, Wisconsin Leadership Institute. Retired mktg/pr pro & aviation journalist |
| Location | Ripon, Wisconsin, United States |
| Introduction | After I blew up the garage, my parents took away my chemistry set and gave me an old typewriter. They thought I could cause less trouble with just a typewriter. Boy, were they wrong! |
| Interests | Reading, Writing, Cycling, Flying, History, Photography, Travel, Sailing, Building paper scale models, Model Railroading, Mentoring, Single malt Scotch whisky, and Good conversation |
| Favorite movies | Murder mysteries, Shakespeare plays, and pretty much any movie where stuff blows up. Some gems: The Wind & the Lion, Second-Hand Lions, The Lion in Winter. (I detect a pattern here.) |
| Favorite music | Medieval dances & polyphony, Irish & Scottish folk music, Chicago-style blues, 60's & 70's rock, bagpipes & drums. I play the Irish tinwhistle. |
| Favorite books | There are so many . . . I read mostly nonfiction, especially history. I find it just as exciting as the best novels. Favorite fiction authors: Margaret Atwood, Ursula LeGuin, William Faulkner, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Edgar Alan Poe |
Whoops! Your tongue is now a magnet. Whatever will you use for silverware?
That's a very strange question. You Earthlings are pretty weird sometimes; back home, they don't believe half the stuff I tell them about you.