Bill Welsh

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation Research/Assessment
Location Syracuse, sort of, NY, United States
Introduction Pattie, my children, and a few very good friends (including Casey, my dog) are everything good in my life. Researcher, writer, sometime teacher. Kind and gentle, which is sometimes bred into XLT people (6'8", 230 lbs.) Curious about everything. Love both words and numbers (a bit like loving both dogs and cats, which I also do. And most other animals). Love humor. LOVE humor. Believe the only necessary behavior is kindness.
Interests Reading, writing (professional and fiction), racquetball, tennis, movies (very good and very bad), dogs, cats, human rights, animal rights, defeating Romney so badly he just goes away
Favorite Movies Princess Bride, Straight Story, Sense and Sensibility, Hoosiers, Hope Springs, Magic of Belle Isle, Lost Horizon, King's Speech, Shawshank Redemption, Something's Gotta Give, The Stand, Guarding Tess, Die Hard, African Queen, Man Who Knew God, Gotham, Butcher's Wife, MANY others
Favorite Music Creedence, Eagles, Doors, Lovin' Spoonful, (DON'T LAUGH, LISTEN TO HIM)Engelbert Humperdinck, Linda Ronstadt, Pia Zadora, Maria Muldaur, Melissa Manchester, Tom Jones ballads, EasyBeats, Traveling Wilburys, many more.
Favorite Books Imagica, The Throat, Esau, Truman, The Stand, Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson, Sole Survivor, Travels with Charlie, (any) Lawrence Block Scudder mystery, (any) Robert Parker Spenser story, (any) Lee Child, many others.

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