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About me

Gender	Male
Industry	Technology
Occupation	Retired, jack of all trades, master of none.
Location	Santa Maria, CA, United States
Introduction	I'm a retired Navy and Lockheed Martin electronics guy. After the Navy I sailed on Surveillance ships as a civilian ET for 7 years. After that I ended up with LM working on Vandenberg Space Force Base. When I'm not working or hanging out with Jeannie and the 'kids', I like to ride bikes. A LOT. I also enjoy backpacking, hiking, shooting, and pretty much anything that gets me outside. And I also like taking pictures, some of which you'll see here from time to time.
Interests	Cycling (Mtb, Gravel and Road) and our MONSTERS seem to take up most of my spare time. Also building things (wood, metal, whatever). I'm good with my hands and can create or fix most anything.
Favorite movies	Band of Brothers (entire series), Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit/The Rings of Power series, Avatar. I know these aren't movies, but I grew up watching Gilligans Island, Johnny Quest, Scooby Doo, and let's not forget The Banana Splits (anybody remember them?) I happen to be a card-carrying member of the Banana Splits club from the late 1960's, and still have the 45rpm record with their "Tra la la" theme-song. Also I really enjoyed The Golden Compass and the series His Dark Materials. Who doesn't want their very own "Armored Ice Bear" as a friend?
Favorite music	I'm all over the map here...R&R, Country, Oldies, you name it (except for rap, that just doesn't work for me). Favorite Album is probably Pink Floyd, The Wall.
Favorite books	The Dune series by Frank Herbert, The Lensman series by E.E. Doc Smith, The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. I also REALLY enjoyed the entire Harry Potter series (J.K. Rowling is a GENIUS!) I also really enjoyed all of Tom Clancy's books (Hunt for Red October, Red Storm Rising, etc). And another awesome series I loved from long ago: the Ring-wielder series by Stephen R. Donaldson (the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant).