Age: 65

Gender: Male

Profession: Retired from software industry and aerospace/defense

Location: Sunny southern California

Political Views: libertarian (with a small "L") - to borrow a quote from Matt Stone of South Park, "I hate conservatives but I really f*cking hate liberals."

Race: German/Irish Caucasian, but mostly disengaged from the Irish part except for the music.

Religion: Quantum Consciousness - the universe (all of them) is a hologram. Maybe. By way of past leanings toward the Tao with chunks of I Ching thrown in and Zen. (Before you asked me, I understood just what time was. Now I'm not so sure. — Socrates) Originally Catholic.