Eclectic background, multiple undergrad and grad degrees, but also extensively educated at "school of hard knocks".

Interests
Music, science reading, gardening, speaking foreign languages, especially French, wine.

Favorite Books
Ones on the history of science, especially physics, most especially astrophysics.

Favorite Music
Classical (all centuries/periods), traditional jazz, improvisational jazz, smooth jazz, folk, modal, sometimes country, depending on mood, time of day, context.