Tropical islands, ships, history, travel in general. Others include freelance writing and photography. I have many technical and travel articles and photos in print including two book chapters. Ham Radio. Volunteering at distance running events. Minnesota Swarm Lacrosse.
Writing a novel inspired by the adventures in life and love of some my friends.
Active in environmental and civil liberty issues such as public transportation and reducing carbon pollution.
Helping friends get their writing published, volunteer life coaching and mentoring. Offering free advice on the "guy side" of relationships.
Ethnic food & cultures. I write regularly for several newspapers, sailing and technology magazines.
Helping to pick out quilt fabric and yarn. Attending charity fund raising galas with friends. The Junior League.
Music
Euro Dance mostly I like Bubblegum -DJ Marski, Hit'n'hide, dimestars, tiggy, anything new, fun and cheerful. Aqua is another one. Lucinda Williams. The www.Di.fm Euro Dance streaming channel is on a lot. Well done hip hop and rap is fine T.I. Fat Joe, etc and the occasional reference to 80's New Wave New Order etc is OK too
Movies
Sometimes. Star Wars, The Gods Must Be Crazy. I liked Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings. The Cohen Brothers. James Bond.
Television
Off is good. The West Wing, Sex in the City, Will and Grace, and Star Trek the Next Generation. Miami Vice / Nash Bridges/ Oprah Winfrey/ Dr. Who. The Rockford Files. Rob and Big.
Books
Lots of chick-lit lately- it's fun and escapist and provides some perspective (jaded perhaps) into those interesting people we as men live with. I get bogged down though in fashion jargon. A Total Waste of Makeup was fun. Toby Devens. Randy Wayne White. Carl Hiassen. Pam Houston. Jimmy Buffet. Peter Mayle. Sara James. Evelyn Waugh. South Wind. Roger Zelazny. Christopher Buckley.
Heroes
William F Buckley Jr.(as a sailor/writer/adventurer not for his politics), Don Street (famous sailor/writer), Samuel Elliott Morrison (Historian). Winston Churchill. Al Gore. Bill Clinton. My parents and my in-laws.
About me: I work in technology sales engineering.
On a volunteer basis I lead a team that gives advice to government agencies and public health departments on backup emergency communications.
I teach part time at the community college level.
Hobbies include travel, writing, sailing and technology. Friends + family make life worth living. We have an almost 23 year 1950's marriage which works for us.
I couldnt agree more Erik. I have a denier in my family (stepdad). I know they will resort to illogic, and bluster, you are right. There was a good point made in public by someone last night: the deniers never do experiments. Mate you'll be pleasewd to hear that USA and Australia are tracking each other pretty well at the moment with proposals to go to Cpenhagen with a 5% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020, over 1990 levels. At least its a start.
How about tiling. I think I like that better. Bought some new tile today to put a backsplash on the kitchen sink. It is a little more creative than just the dull painting.
OK cool. Thanks for that offer to take it over! There are so many new links available all the time, about one per week, and so the site may need a little restructuring.
Yep it would be shame if it went to a solar site, even though solar is the future, algae still has a role to play in letting ppl see how the oil was formed way back in the Jurassic period.
Ill get you a password real soon. Just like we discussed previously, it'd be best if the city changes to Minnesota, and no mention of Adelaide.
Not alot of sunlight in Minnesota, but thats OK, its a concepot site. There are no algae growing in Adelaide either!!! When it happens it will be in places like Queensland and Baja California, where there is ready access to seawater, land, and sunlight. The fourth key ingredient is CO2, sites need to have coal-fired power stations nearby. The industry does not work at all without CO2, and seawater, no matter what anyone says. I can explain further after we do the handover.
Erik, I may make the algae site into a solar site instead. Its not professional for me to run it. It attracts attention to my competition here in town, which increases their funding attractiveness.
Would you like to have it and redo it? Or should I convert it over to solar?
My algae work is going pretty well now, but approaching the crunch where we need to overtake the competition in town with respect to media attention.
Thanks Erik, yeah I have had an interview of sorts with the country's leading algal biofuels group (back in Adelaide). They wont know for a month yet whether the fed govt granted them the money, but if so then I'll have job. May need to apply for othere things as backups. Also a French group is visiting me in July concerning algal biofuels. So I'm still remaining hopeful.
Wish I had a stable job like you though, and could live with my family right now.!!! :D
Hi Erik just stoppping by to say HI and see if you had any new blogs up! I always look forward to them. And by the way the 7 year itch is not necessarily what you said, but in fact has some basis in fact with the human emotional lifecycle!
Oh yeah sure!! We could adjust the triangle Erik! Im thinking of adjusting all my sites, its a whole new era for me.
My wife Ani even wants to buy new furniture, if only we can stop the dog from eating it all, like he did with this lot of furniture... LOL
Our 'clean CO2' provisional patent should be in within two to three months. Its true green technology, should make quite an impact I'd say, I hope so.. :D
Which work are you headed back to Erik, the Uni or the other...?
Its amazing how long the triangle lasted on your page, thats around two years!!!
Well the good news is we may be signing something next week!! Hoping to make clean smokestacks at power plants a reality...!
Which work are you back to this week?
I'm liking the sound of that long holiday u had. I had to trade in my holidays for money, but am enjoying a long-weekend with my family right now. Hi to your wife and kids for me Erik. :D
Its amazing how long the triangle lasted on your page, thats around two years!!!
Well the good news is we may be signing something next week!! Hoping to make clean smokestacks at power plants a reality...!
Which work are you back to this week?
I'm liking the sound of that long holiday u had. I had to trade in my holidays for money, but am enjoying a long-weekend with my family right now. Hi to your wife and kids for me Erik. :D
Hello Erik, I own a commercial maintenance business and everybody wants to get paid. Gosh, I hate that part almost as much as generating about 20 invoices. The girls clean shopping malls as well as office bldgs. etc.
i'm glad you got them alright...no prob..anytime just let me know=) thanks for everything you have shared with me in your wisdom...now i'm on face book tooo hehe
