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A brief description of my life.

I live in Pacifica, Calif. on a hillside overlooking the Pacific ocean and part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. I live with my wife, Laurie Ochsner, our daughter Gwyneth, and our two cats (pronounced Toocha) and George (of the Jungle... Cat). I work in San Carlos as a Systems Engineer for Ledger Systems. On weekends I mostly work on our house ( I was a professional handyman for fourteen years, and can't leave well enough alone). My family has scattered to the four winds, so we are seldom all together.

My interests

• Reading (primarily science & science fiction)
• Backpacking
• Game-playing (board games, card games, computer games (with the emphatic exception of shoot-'em-up arcade-style ones), physical games (volleyball, Rounders, etc.), and almost anything else that fits under the rubric "game")
• Fencing (foil, épée, sabre, and rapier & dagger)
• Costuming
• Living History (In addition to the Renaissance Faire, I have been a docent (and crewed) on a 16th C. galleon, I have been involved in museum programs, and The National Civil War Association.)
• Fiddling on and with computers (I like the Mac best)
• Good wine (I tend to like reds) and good beer (English-style bitters are still my favorites)
• Listening to music (jazz, classical (actually I don't much like Classical -- I much prefer Renaissance, Baroque, and Romantic), rock & roll, bluegrass, Irish, musicals (Gilbert & Sullivan are current favorites), some country (but not western), and African & other World Music)
• Woodworking

My current projects

• Remodeling our house.
• Starting a new business.