Aikido: Have studied this art for over 10 years now and cannot live without it. Working on my 2nd Kyu.
Systema: A new art for me. This training regimen is very different and quite challenging.
Men’s Bible study: Wed 7-8am at Immaculate Conception. A great way to read about and debate life’s issues. Keeps me thinking.
College basketball: Go Orange! However, I will cheer in conference (ACC) when SU is not playing.
Baseball: (NY Mets & whoever the Yankees are playing)
Grilling: Ever had coffee and black pepper on your steak?
Golf: Even a 30 handicap can enjoy playing sometimes.
Backgammon: Yes, I can play marathons and get upset when I lose by poor rolling of the dice.
Poker: I enjoy playing Omaha (split pots) with structured betting.
Traveling unlike a usual tourist: Yes, I prefer getting native.
Politics: I am a right of center thinker on most issues, save for some social ones. More in the Libertarian wing of the GOP, but believe in a strong foreign policy. Regardless, I always want something to be debated and examined before judgement.
Music: I am a classic rock junkie, but very much love jam or blues/boogie rock. Other styles include punk, heavy metal, new wave, funk, opera & tango. Just got back from JamCruise 18, which is something for everyone's bucket list.
Past Reads: Ayn Rand (all), Moneyball, The Firm, biographies of Keith Richards, Hamilton, Marquis de Lafayette, Washington, Adams, Ben Franklin, Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln and George Patton, Many Lives-Many Masters, Good to Great, The Last Word on Power, Built to Last, The Ethical Slut, Confessions of 400 Men & Major Dudes (an interesting collection of interviews & album reviews of Donald Fagen & Walter Becker). Just started The Adams-Jefferson letters by Lester Cappon, as well as Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence by Harlow G. Unger. Just finished The Lamb's Supper by Scott Hahn and "Love your Enemies" by Arthur Brooks.