OhTonsuredOne
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Museums or Libraries |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Location | Antioch, TN, United States |
| Introduction | Married, no children, 1 dog, multiple nieces and nephews. Education includes electronic and computer engineering (starting in punch card days), history and philosophy. Have graduate degree in History and special training in archives, museum studies, oral history, communication and information history, and digital curatorship. Areas of special research and expertise include methods of preserving and accessing information, history of technology and communication, history of marketing, Southern (U.S.) history, and Celtic history. I have taught, presented my research by a variety of means, and conducted workshops and programs in all of these areas. I am a Certified Archivist and work in public and religious institutions. Love cemeteries. My wife tries to like history, Bless Her Heart. Love a good argument, as long as it is logical and fact supported. |
| Interests | Christianity and its applications in life, Wife and family, History, anything nautical, Theology, Religious History, Technology and Communication, most things Celtic, political theory (especially where it intersects religion) |
| Favorite movies | We're No Angels (The old one with Bogart, Ray and Ustinov), 1776 (the musical), The Princess Bride, A man for All Seasons (both Schofield and Heston), A Lion in Winter, Treasure Island (Heston version), Gettysburg, The Shawshank Redemption, Airplane, Johnny Dangerously, most good and many bad parodies. |
| Favorite music | Celtic, Accoustic, Taylor, Card, Talbot, CCR, Ladysmith Black Mambazo (in limited quantities), cello, Christmas, choral, Randal Thompson's Best of Rooms, Precious Lord Take my hand, Amazing Grace, Come Ye Sinners Poor and Needy, Jesus Lover of My Soul, |
| Favorite books | Federalist Papers, Killer Angels, Bible, Practice of the Presence of God, The Way of the Pilgrim, Treasure Island, Blackie Ryan books, The Presence of the Past, Authenticity, The 5000 Year Leap, Thoughts in Solitude, Managing the Crowd, Confessions, Orthodoxy, The Experience Economy, The Screwtape Letters, Atlas Shrugged, anything by Chesterton or Lewis, a lot by Lucado, Buechner and Nouwen, much by Merton |