Gender	Male
Industry	Marketing
Occupation	Loan Officer
Location	Kansas, United States
Introduction	I have a BA in religion, (previous life)and am a member of Mensa. I have been growing bonsai for ten years, and got really serious several years ago when I met Boon Manakitivipart. I have been studying under him, compressing a three year course of study into 5 years. I am married to Rhonda (2nd for both) and have two grown children. Andrew lives with his mom and attends college in Tennessee, and Martha (and her husband) are proudly serving the US Army. Politically, I am a Capitalist. Philosophically, I am an Objectivist. Bonsaically, I am a Boonist. I am Registered FedEx Sender, not the other way around.
Interests	flying spaghetti monster, bonsai, novels, cooking, jazz, singing, racquetball, waterskiing, libertarian politics, Objectivist philosophy, atheism, science, intelligent design.
Favorite movies	What Dreams May Come, Lord of the Rings-Trilogy, Brownstone Saints, Moulin Rouge, Serenity (and the series Firefly), anything Babylon 5 and anything New Battlestar Galactica
Favorite music	Traditional jazz, Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, real country music (NO FAITH HILL), bluegrass, etc.
Favorite books	Atlas Shrugged, Lord of the Rings, Stranger in a Strange Land, Girl With a Pearl Earring, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Lovely Bones, Do It!, Awaken the Giant Within, His Dark Materials trilogy,

If your whole body were a hot air balloon, would you stop eating spicy food?

My wife knows my whole body IS a hot air balloon, and spicy food is the worst!