My greatest desire, next to being with my wife and family is playing the piano. Both my parents play. My father plays more Bach and my mother played more Beethoven. I recently started learning some of Scarlatti's numbers, particularly Sonata in C minor, K.99/L.317/P.135: Allegro I have only started seriously playing the piano over the past few years. With work and family commitments, I do not have the time to practice like I want.
Piano tuning is now an added skill set for me. I have tuned more than 10 pianos in the past 2 years; average time required is 2.5 hours. I would love to tune your piano too, but you have to get permission from my "CEno" first. Any compensation for my efforts go to her.
Listen to Malaguana; as a young child and still today I love to hear my Dad play this number.
I also love WWII Aircraft and dream of
flying B-17s and FG-1D Corsairs. During the summer of 2007 I took a
"Sabbatical" from sales and worked for Dave Hansen. See Dave Hansen's portfolio and also Available Projects
My all time favorite novels: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (read in grade school), The Outsiders a novel by S. E. Hinton and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain (Read in High School.)
My all time favorite movies include: "What about Bob?"; "One Against the Wind" a Hallmark Video, "The Scarlet and The Black" With Gregory Peck, "12 O' Clock High" Also with Gregory Peck, "The Princess Bride", "The Pursuit of Happyness", starring Will Smith. "Horatio Hornblower" an A&E Network Studios production - 8 films total
My all time favorite Radio West Podcast: Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture The thrill of a great deal; the pleasure center of the brain fires off and it is an addiction.
Books that I have read most recently:
Faith of My Fathers Autobiography by John McCain (John McCain is a distant cousin on my Mom's side)
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Books I am currently reading:
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the U.S. Constitution by Tim Harper
Darwin Discovering the Tree of Life by Niles Eldredge (Niles is a distant cousin on my Dad's side)
Books next in line that I want to read: A stubbornly Persistent Illusion The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein Edited, with commentary, by Stephen Hawking
Skiing is my Winter Sport
Living in Heber City, one day each week starting in January to near the end of the ski season, we were let out of school for a half a day to take ski lessons. I started at age 14. Some how, my friends and I skipped the lessons and went skiing on our own and had the time of our lives.
Warning, the Timed X exercise program may induced tennis elbow and other injuries. From all of 2003 and 2004 I did follow the program religiously 6 days a week, taking Sundays off. The audio says to do these exercises 4 to 5 times a week minimum. I recommend 3 to 4 times a week max and mixing it up with other workout programs, like running and biking etc.
