BJ
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Gender | Male |
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Industry | Science |
Location | Pennsylvania, United States |
Introduction | Entered the world as Bruce John Anderson. With a dad also Bruce and 2 John grandpas, grandma thought it too confusing, hence the nickname B.J. I've had ever since I was 6 months old, yet some folks refer to me as simply The Beej. Born in Stephenville, Tx. the day of 11/09/52. I grew up in the Ft. Worth area. Currently, I’m a misplaced Texan residing in NW Pa. Graduated: Trinity HS (Euless, TX) in ‘71 and later from The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) in ‘84 with a BS in geology. Had my first set of children Amber (1971) & Jason (1974) as a young man and my second set Claire (2003) & Paige (2005) I had as an old man. I extol the science disciplines working as a microbiologist, geophysicist, chemist & geologist. Work has taken me into 39 countries. It’s amazing witnessing firsthand the varying cultures and environs, but prefer the myriad similarities; the old man sitting on a tree stump in front of his Sudan mud hut was the same old man sitting in his favorite rocker on a West Texas front porch; both just sitting back watching the world go by while pondering. My motto in life is don't take it so seriously, it's not like it's permanent. |
Interests | Paleontolgy, Herpetology, Cosmogony, Religions, Politics, Family time, and once upon a time sky & scuba diving |
Favorite Movies | Powder, The Elephant Man, The Exorcist, Harold & Maude. |
Favorite Music | Pink Floyd, Beatles, Joe Walsh, Enya, Sigur Ros |
Favorite Books | Vertebrate Paleontology by: Alfred S. Romer The Whole Shebang by: Timothy Ferris |
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