Personal Interests

Some of the best "blow-em-up" games out there. I also like the multi-player capabilities for up to 8 player games (on Descent and Duke Nukem 3D at least). Sega/NES/Play Station players are lucky if they even have 2! Between myself and my roommate, we have 5 PC's capable of network play. No need to hang out at the office on weekends! I recently picked up Descent II and Marathon 2 (Win95) which are both really cool.

I own a 1960 Mercedes 190b sedan. I used to drive this car daily for about 5 years and put over 100,000 miles on it myself. It's now got well over 300,000 miles and, mechanically, could keep going for many years yet. It's now in storage awaiting serious restoration (again). There have been many nicknames for this model over the years, most commonly "Turtle-back" or "Ponton". If you visit the "Mercedes Benz Pontons" page and you will see why.

My dad has some old British roadsters ('62 MGA and some late 50s Triumph TR3s) that he hopes to get restored some day. Then again, he's been saying that for the past 10 years. He also used to own the MB before giving it to me.

I'm a die-hard Star Trek junkie. I've seen every episode of the original Star Trek more times than I could count, and TNG isn't far behind.

I started collecting Star Trek TNG comics several years ago. The DS9 comics came out about 3 years ago. Unfortunately, all Star Trek comics were discontinued for some reason. However, Marvel has just started producing a new line of Trek comics. The new comics include DS9, Voyager, and Starfleet Academy. TOS and TNG are not regulars.

I've also been amassing a huge collection of the recent Star Trek toys that have been released by Playmates. All those toys I had as a kid are now worth a fortune, and I threw it all away!

Other Sci-Fi shows I've really enoyed are Babylon 5, Space - Above and Beyond, and even Earth 2... NBC was stupid to put that on a Sunday night, and then repeatedly pre-empt it for other crap (no wonder it failed in the ratings). Fox did the same thing to SAAB. What a bunch of stupid a**holes!

Duckman - If you dont watch it, you dont know duck. 'Nuf said. I took the link off from here because the damn bastards sold out to the Microsoft Network. No way in hell am I going to support them!

Dilbert

I had never read Dilbert until early summer 1995. Now I can't get enough of it! I've been reading the strip via the web ( http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert) daily now.

A rather politically-incorrect topic, but I dont care! I recently got into guns as more than a passing interest and have taken up recreational shooting. I've also become a member of the NRA. I don't go hunting since it has never had any interest for me. Eventually, I hope to enter into competitive shooting events through my gun club.

I don't buy into the current popular idea of "gun control" as I believe it to be both irrational and ineffective. I have no objection against the prevention of criminals getting guns (ie: background checks when purchasing). But to ban certain types because some people don't like them (ie: "Assault Weapons" or semi-auto handguns) is in my opinion totally ludicrous. A gun isn't evil simply because it looks different from a "hunting" rifle, nor is the idea that "Assault Weapons" have no "legitemate use" valid.

Statistics will prove that most gun control laws are innefective. Why would a criminal obey another law preventing them from obtaining a gun? The end result is merely to harass law-abiding citizens, and to remove an object from our posession which "bothers" somebody. I say if you dont like it, TOUGH!

Here are some of my friends you can find on the web.

Chris Gunder - life-long best friend, 25 years and counting

And there's always Loren, Andy, and Phil who still work at York.

Doug Hughes - PSU grad dual major CS and CE

Gold Razor - This is a movie a friend of mine is making. I'm in it (I'm a "Dead Guy") for about 1 minute. =-)

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Last updated on May 22, 1997