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Biographical sketch:
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Grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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Now live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Graduate of M.I.T.
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Worked for IBM 1972-2002 first as a computer programmer; later as a program manager overseeing bar code and label standardization.
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Currently retired and enjoying my personal interests.
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Divorced
Personal tidbits:
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Height: 5' 11"
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Weight: 157 lbs
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Political affiliation: Independent/moderate (My views on politics)
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Religion: none (My views on religion)
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Smokes: no
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Drinks: no
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Pets: none (but I like cats, don't care for dogs)
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Favorite cuisine: Mexican
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Favorite music: Latino
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Favorite quotes:
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"The world is my country, science is my religion.", Christiaan Huygens 1629-1695
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"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it." Samuel Clemens 1835-1910 (aka Mark Twain)
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Recent books read:
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"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins I loved this book!
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"The Varieties of Scientific Experience - A Personal View of the Search for God" by Carl Sagan
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"Palestine - Peace Not Apartheid" by Jimmy Carter
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"The Intellectual Devotional" by David Kidder
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"God - the Failed Hypothesis - How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist" by Victor Stenger (2007)
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"The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama
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Family members:
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Gail (sister) and her husband, Don
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I would have had a second sister, Ingrid, but she died before I was born. She only lived four days. :-(
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Miscellaneous Topics:
Some thoughts on the U.S. Criminal Justice System