David
- Age: 50
- Gender: Male
- Astrological Sign: Cancer
- Zodiac Year: Boar
- Industry: Law
- Occupation: Attorney
- Location: Virginia : United States
About Me
Going on three years of blogging as of September '09. My own appreciation of why I do this continues to grow. Mostly, it's a place where I can talk about things that interest me, which I don't get to otherwise do all that much, about people who should not be forgotten (like Nikolai Tesla, Leo Szilard, Joe Walker, for examples), about my basic philosophies of life, interesting theories (like who wrote A Visit From St. Nicholas and whether Santa is derived from a Norse god) and analysis, not always conclusions, about issues that concern me. Largely, it seems to be about books, which, since childhood, have been among the great loves of my life. Some of this stuff is serious, some frivolous, and sometimes it is hard to tell.
Interests
- History
- these days mostly ancient Greece
- and 17th - 19th century American History. Politics
- but highly anti-partisan (not bi-partisan). The grip of the two (sometimes one) parties on America is not good for us.
Favorite Movies
- If you put a gun to my head Casablanca
- The Outlaw Josey Wales
- Groundhog's Day
- You've Got Mail
- Raiders of The Lost Ark series
- Star Wars IV - VI
- Miracle on 34th Street
- The March of the Wooden Soldiers
- Ghandi and Blazing Saddles
- come right to me.
Favorite Music
- Louis Prima
- Louis Armstrong
- Count Basie
- Bach
- Wagner
- Beethoven
- Prokofiev and Tchaivkovsky have long been my favorites. The rest of my taste is highly eclectic.
Favorite Books
- Very hard for me to do. See my 5/30/07 post on my desert island wish list. However
- the Lord of the Rings is my favorite fictional work and The Making of the Atomic Bomb the greatest single volume history book I have read. Will Durant's History of Western Civilization tops the best multi-volume history book list. Autobiographical would be The Snow Leopard and biographical
- Robert Massie's Peter the Great.
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