Doug
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| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Alfred Station, New York, United States |
| Introduction | Preacher's (youngest) kid, (late) baby boomer, 2nd marriage, older father, ex-smoker, sensory defensive syndrome, etc. |
| Interests | finishing our house, sailing, being a Dad, WRITING, environmental history, genealogy, photography, hiking, skiing, playing guitar, working toward hiking the entire Finger Lakes Trail with my son in about two years , finding old-growth stands in western NY, A.E. Crandall Hook and Ladder Company (Engine #2 Captain), Omicron Delta Kappa; Alfred Historical Society (President), Bakers Bridge Historical Society member, Allegany County Historical Society member, Allegany County Bird Club, Greater Allegany Preservation director, 1st Seventh Day Baptist Church of Alfred trustee and assistant treasurer |
| Favorite movies | The Fugitive (Sela Ward!), Heaven's Gate, The Kingdom of Heaven, The Missing, The Josephine Baker Story, Master and Commander, The Jack Bull, The Girl in the Cafe, The Tracker, Black Robe, Name of the Rose, Slingblade, Lord of the Rings, DaVinci Code. |
| Favorite music | Bill Withers, Spike Jones, Dire Straits, Jethro Tull, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ronnie Laws, Led Zep, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bruce Springsteen, Shawn Colvin, Geo. Harrison, Coldplay, Cuillin, Lenny Gallant, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Dixie Chicks, U2, Indigo Girls, Queen, Rush, Demian/Bubble Puppy, Jorma Kaukonen, Eric Sommer, Leo Kottke, Billy Holiday, Celtic music, Jim Croce, Pink Floyd, The Cars, VH, Atlanta Rythm Section, 38 Special, Eagles, Pablo Cruise, Kathy Mattea, Eric Clapton, Weird Al Yankovick, Frank Zappa, Goo-goo Dolls, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Allman Brothers, some hymns, Deep Purple |
| Favorite books | The Left Hand of Darkness, The Wind from the Sun, The Hobbit, Mark Twain Autobiography, The Once and Future King, Founding Brothers, anything by Tony Hillerman, Tom Sawyer, Sand County Almanac, Black Elk Speaks. |
Do you believe that forks are evolved from spoons?
Yes, I have seen the missing link -- it's called a spork.