Flying (Whatever's goin'!), Sports (Softball & Exercise), Computers (PC), Gaming (card/computer & table games - game designing (card), Photography (Digital & Chemical), Writing (1 Novel, 3 screenplays and a short story!), Music (Guitar/PC - "I quit the band, now I just play with myself."), Comics (Collecting since I was 5!) and just about anything else that I can learn and be creative with...
Music
CLASSIC/HEAVY ROCK - Aerosmith, Zeppelin, AC-DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Pantera... ALTERNATIVE ROCK/POP (lots!) - Collective Soul, Goo Goo Dolls, Third Eye Blind, Counting Crows, Dave Matthews Band, Death Cab For Cutie, anything along those lines and "just about" anything (including Enya) except old country.
TECHNO - www.FUBAREntertainment.com
Movies
It's a Wonderful Life ("No man is poor who has friends."), Tommy Boy, Star Wars Trilogy (Both), Lord of the Rings Trilogy, any good Sci-Fi. Pretty much anything with Pacino, Deniro, Cruise, Pitt, Hanks; anything by Tarrantino, Mann, Rodriquez and "anything" that makes the brain work...
Television
Star Trek, Law & Order(s), ER, Lost, 24, any HBO series really and "anything" that makes you think and isn't just mind-numbing drivel...
Books
Stephen King, John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Robin Cook, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Norman (old GOR series), most fantasy/Sci-Fi and thousands of COMIC Books... and of course my own work...
Heroes
My family, Chuck Yeager, Stan "The Man" Lee, Gene Roddenberry, George Lucas, and of course, anyone who inspires you to be a better person... Or - that person with my multi-million dollar check!
About me: I got the flying bug when I took my first commercial airline flight at 5 years old and told my mom when I grow up that I wanted to "drive the plane!" I never looked back - 15+ years and 5200+ flight hours later I'm one of the lucky ones who gets paid to do what I love.
Aside from that, I was born and raised in the Bronx, New York City (die-hard Yankee fan - living just 20 minutes from the stadium.) Moved to Daytona Beach, Florida (Yes, I do surf) to pursue my flying career and spent nearly 9 yrs. obtaining a Flight/Academic degree and teaching other fortunate souls to fly in sunny Florida. After that, it was a couple years working as a Manager/Chief Instructor for the USAF in Lakenheath, England and then back stateside to my current home in central TX (not as much of a "fish out of water" as you'd think!?) I finally got the "call from the majors" in 2008 and I'm enjoying a flight officer position with a Legacy carrier!
That's about it in a nutshell, my interests and other such tidbits are listed to the left but that doesn't begin to scratch the surface (I'm like an Onion - Layers!) Anyway, thanks for stopping by... Be sure to check out the website - www.FUBARHQ.com
Who I'd like to meet: Chuck Yeager - Who broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, flying the experimental X-1 at Mach 1 at an altitude of 45,000 feet - Keep in mind he achieved this milestone with two broken ribs he suffered two nights earlier while riding a horse. In a word - the guy's an animal and as a professional aviator, someone who challenges me to "Be the Best!"
If he's not available, then it has to be the person who has a check for a couple million bucks for me ... On second thought, I'd like to meet that person first, then Yeager - that way I can buy the the guy a BEvERage.
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Prob. in the spring when the weather gets nice, I'll give you a heads up when I plan on coming to make sure your in town, so I can visit the whole Fam. ;)
