Hobbies |
Ukulele player in the Springfield Uketopians, the Lei*Abouts, and Bandleader of B.B. Ross and the Happy Accidents. RC model gliders and electrics. RC sailing in 1-meter class. Sailing my full-size 1977 Barnett Butterfly Scow. Hard-core Science fiction (Niven, Asimov, Clarke type stuff) and a writer of Traveller Sci Fi RPG adventures. Tiki culture, authentic Polynesian as well as haole/fake hawaiiana. 80's Music. Lounge and Exotica type music a la Arthur Lyman, Martin Denny, Esquivel, etc. Slack-key guitar and ukulele music. Animation in 2 and 3-D. Flight simming with x-plane. Aerospace in general, spacecraft, home-builts, and sailplanes in particular. Sailing, repairing and building full scale sailboats.
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Areas of Expertise |
Generalist problem-solver. Advertising Creative. Specialist writing and editing "Explainer" videos, PSA's Commercials, short-form. NASA contractor for 3 years, writing scripts for a daily Podcast called; "Innovation NOW!" Excellent and fast writer. Specialist in cost-effective/low-budget projects that only *look* expensive. Able to one-man-band it or join a crew, from grip to director. Resourceful, good at technical improvisations in the field to get the job done.
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Favorite Books |
Too many to list. I love hard sci-fi though.
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Favorite Bands / Musician |
Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney/Beatles, Brian Wilson, Brudda Iz, Bob Marley, and about 200 more… I like singer-songwriters and tight harmonies plus killer lyrics.
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Favorite Movies |
Too many to list, but Sci-Fi genre is always a major choice. Any Orson Welles, any Hitchcock, Gilliam, Gondry, Frankenheimer, Scorsese, Spielberg, the typical heavyweights, and I have a warm spot for the creative cheapskate, Roger Corman.
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Favorite TV Shows |
The next one I'm working on!
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