Desk-bound Nature Lover

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Biotech
Occupation Clinical Research Statistician
Location The 'burbs, Illinois, United States
Introduction My motto: A bad day of birding is better than a good day of almost anything else.
Interests Birding, Ancient Forests, Hiking, Camping, Wildlife, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Anthropology, Science, History, Comparative Religion, Environmental Issues, Church-State Issues, Dissent, Classical Music, New Age Music, Westerns, Statistics, My Family, Trying to be a Mensch
Favorite Movies American Beauty, Into the Wild, Powaqqatsi, Fahrenheit 9/11, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, The Seven Samurai, Rashamon, The House of Flying Daggers, The English Patient, Schindler's List, Princess Mononoke, The Lord of the Rings, The Corporation, The Life of Brian, Blade Runner
Favorite Music Hermit Thrushes, Canyon Wrens, Spring Peepers, Western Meadowlarks, Camille Saint Saens, Max Bruch, Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, William Eaton, Phil Coulter, Jesse Cook, Tom Lehrer
Favorite Books The Outermost House, The Sibley Guide to Birds, A Sand County Almanac, Kingbird Highway, Roughing It, Black Elk Speaks, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Little Big Man, The Book of the New Sun, The Lord of the Rings, books by these authors:, Ursula K. LeGuin, Stephen Jay Gould, Jared Diamond

Why does the taste of pennies remind you of losing a tooth?

Because, being a Vulcan, my blood tastes like copper.