George_B
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Occupation | Distance Learning Specialist and Education Technologist |
| Location | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States |
| Introduction | Greetings. By profession I am a Systems Engineer who specializes in Distance Education but by avocation I am an inveterate traveler. While I currently call Raleigh, North Carolina home, I do make frequent visits to Brasil and Portugal (places where I have both many friends and family members). When not fixing computer networks or taking long flights, I write articles on distance learning, genre films and travel. My philosophy on travel is to make every trip an adventure and try, at least once during each visit to a foreign land, to go off the beaten tourist path and explore life as local. I love language and am able to converse relatively intelligently in four (English, Portuguese, Spanish and French). Generally, I travel to Rio de Janeiro at least one to two times a year and I enjoy sharing my discoveries and experiences in that marvelous city with others. |
| Interests | Writing, Travel, Cinema, Online Gaming, Aikido, Reading, Restaurants and study of foreign languages. |
| Favorite movies | The James Bond series, Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Indiana Jones films, The Natural, Field of Dreams, Sherlock Holmes, Superman, Batman, Star Trek, Star Wars and just about anything which isn't of the serial-killer, hack and slash variety. |
| Favorite music | Neil Diamond, The Beatles, Opera, Fleetwood Mac, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Lady Gaga, The Eagles, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Queen, Mariza, Olodum, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin and Olivia Newton-John. |
| Favorite books | Shakespeare, Mysteries, Sherlock Holmes, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Thomas Covenant series, Lord of the Rings, Vince Flynn novels (Mitch Rapp), James Bond, Histories, Fantasy, Tom Clancy novels, Biographies and books on Military History. |