Bilbo

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About me

Gender	Male
Industry	Consulting
Location	Virginia, United States
Introduction	I'm a 61-year old father of three and grandfather of six with opinions on nearly everything. I believe in courtesy, common sense, and fair play. I love ballroom dancing, reading, gourmet cooking, and travel. While I'm opinionated, I'm not close-minded, and I welcome your constructive comments on my blog. My motto: "I have seen the truth, and it makes no sense."
Interests	Grandchildren, Ballroom Dancing, Movies, Theater, Photography, Travel, Music, Reading, Gourmet Cooking
Favorite Movies	Airplane!, Kentucky Fried Movie, Seven, The Lord of the Rings, The Prestige, Moulin Rouge, Ratatouille
Favorite Music	Fields of Gold (Sting), You Know That I'm No Good (Amy Winehouse), Four-Twenty AM (David Rose), Closer and Closer Apart (Mary Chapin Carpenter), Anything by Jimmy Buffett, Shanghai Breezes (John Denver), Who Am I To Say (Statler Brothers), Years Ago (Statler Brothers), Blackbirds (Erin McKeown), Gregorian Chants
Favorite Books	The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern), The Man With the Iron Heart (Harry Turtledove), The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon), The Harry Potter series (J. K. Rowling), The Kapillan of Malta (Nicholas Monsaratt), Embers (Sandor Marai), The Gargoyle (Andrew Davidson), The True Believer (Eric Hoffer), The End of Faith (Sam Harris), The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien), Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen), Two O'Clock Eastern Wartime (John Dunning), Anything by Carl Hiaasen, Skeletons at the Feast (Chris Bohjalian), The Age of American Unreason (Susan Jacoby).

Lionesses have no manes. How do they know when they've grown up?

Women know everything, anyhow, so it doesn't matter.