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About me

Gender	Female
Industry	Telecommunications
Occupation	Retired in January 2008
Location	Bedford, IN, United States
Introduction	I love to read literature, mysteries, biographies,and humor. Most books I own are NON-fiction. I also like to read Trade Journals of all kinds and love Maps and Atlases. My favorite authors are Bill Bryson, Pete Hamill, Bob Greene (The Writer--NOT Oprah's Personal Trainer!), Garrison Keillor, Robert Fulghum, Dave Barry, and Lewis Grizzard, Rick Bragg, Scott Russell Sanders, & Robert Frost is my favorite Poet. IF I COULD FIND A MAN WHO LIKES THESE WRITERS, I'D SELL MY SOUL TO THE DEVIL! I am intrigued by the fact that all my favorite writers are male. It must say something about me, but I'm not sure what!
Interests	Native American Culture, Spirituality and Wisdom; All of The British Isles; other cultures, Literacy Programs, Human & Animal Rights, Vietnam Veterans, Religious Tolerance, Separation of Church & State, World Peace, Individual Freedoms, Celebrate Diversity, Environmental concerns; Reading, writing, ALL music (EXCEPT MOST country music), movies, travel, auto racing, billiards, bowling, walking, the arts, animals, nature, humor & comedy, history, mysteries, geography, genealogy, spirituality, physics,metaphysics, word games, trivia, computer games, board games, card games, fairs, museums, libraries,flea markets, historical sites.
Favorite movies	I love All the Coen Brothers Movies, The Big Lebowski is my favorite. I've seen it at least 25 times, but it is just as funny now as it was the first time I saw it. Some OTHER Movies I love are The Last Place on Earth (2002), The Holiday, Funny Farm, Sideways, Driving Miss Daisy, White Palace, Office Space, The Goodbye Girl, Wild Hogs, The Heartbreak Kid (1972 Version!), A Rumor of Angels, Write & Wrong, Profoundly Normal, My Fair Lady, The King & I, & epics like Ben Hur & Lawrence of Arabia.
Favorite music	I like a very wide range of music---Classic Rock is my favorite, most heavy metal, Southern Rock, Classical, Semi-Classical, Folk, Movie Themes, Show Tunes, (even rap occasionally), New Age, Celtic, Klezmer, Dixieland, & practically anything EXCEPT MOST country. I DO like Johnny Cash, SOME Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Johnny Lee, Marty Robbins, the Everly Brothers, but can't stand barf brooks, and some of the more recent popular "Country Stars". My favorite songwriters, Musicians, Groups, & Singers INCLUDE Jackson Browne (My MOST favorite of all time!), ALSO Neil Young, Lobo, John Lennon, Guns N Roses, Tom Petty, Lulu, Leonard Cohen, Rod Stewart, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Peter, Paul & Mary, Rick Nelson, Sonny & Cher, Dion, Sammy Hagar, Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, Bob Seger, Eric Clapton, R.E.M., John Fogerty, B.J.Thomas, The Kingston Trio, Mamas & Papas,Lynyrd Skynyrd, David Crosby, Jimi Hendrix, Liza Minnelli, Rita Coolidge, Bonnie Raitt, Eagles, Joe Walsh, Elvis Presley, Helen Reddy, Robbie Robertson/The Band, The Kinks, The Cranberries, Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods, Gordon Lightfoot, Motley Crue, Jay & the Americans, Brian Wilson/Beach Boys, Paul Anka, Jimmy Buffett, Carl Marshall,Steven Van Zandt (Little Steven), The Pointer Sisters, Anne Murray, Nirvana, Kris Kristofferson, Greg Allman, James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg, Eurythmics, The Bee Gees, The Who, Melissa Ethridge, Tina Turner, Olivia Newton-John, Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Nakai, and MANY, MANY others.
Favorite books	Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier, Don't Make a Black Woman Take off Her Earrings by Tyler Perry,Stand & Be Counted by David Crosby & David Bender, The Reader's Digest Atlas of the British Isles (1965), The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto, My World by Jesse Stuart, Sideways by Rex Pickett,and thousands more. I love to read more than nearly anything.