I like to spend time hanging out with people, though I don't get as many chance to do it as I'd like. Work keeps me (and most of my friends) pretty busy, but I usually get a chance to meet up over the weekend. I'm a gamer, and that fills up a bit of my time in the evenings when it's too late to go out and still get into work the next day.

I'd like to learn a foreign language, but only if I'd have a real chance to use it. I'm an engineer who's also in the Knights of Columbus. I train for distance races and can speed read without trying. I prefer to watch TV shows on DVD, and collect the ones with cartoons from my childhood.

My photo is from whitewater kayaking on the Shenandoah river. I went over one set of rapids and managed to fall in almost immediately. Clearly, I need more practice. I'm going to go skydiving once I can find a place nearby that does solo jumps, because I've always been afraid of falling and I want to face that fear.

I've got a broad taste in music. I usually go with alternative rock and punk, but I listen to just about anything from classic rock to country.