Hello there, welcome to my little opinionated portion of the web! I have Many interests:
Anthropology, archeology, photography, Egyptology, classical music, jazz, fusion, progressive rock, bluegrass, world music, movies, camping, pets, ecology, conservation, numismatics, philately, humor, literature, computers, gaming, gardening, reading, hiking, cooking, wines, beer, traveling, bird watching, wildlife watching, biology, zoology, dogs, cats, birds, reptiles and amphibians, nature, Monty Python, The Marx Brothers, philosophy, psychology, and history. I am also learning to play the guitar, which proves you can teach an old dog some new tricks. I'm currently an archeologist, but am also an anthropologist and English teacher! I taught English in Taiwan for one year and will return to teach English in Japan soon.
Fun Quotes:
"I keep a bottle of scotch on hand in case I see a snake; which I also keep on hand" -- W. C. Fields
"Never have so many, understood so little, about so much" --James Burke commenting on the understanding of technology today.
"Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. By Order of the Author Per G. G., Chief Ordnance" -- Mark Twain, first line in "Huckleberry Finn"
"Life is a Bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it"
-- Indian Proverb
"There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip". --Greek Proverb
"Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped" --African proverb
Countries I have Visited:

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States I have Visited in the USA:

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