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Personal I am 64 years old (born April 2, 1961), single and have never been married. I have lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado for the past 34 years (since 1990). I grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I received both my BS and MS degrees in Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico. One of the biggest things in my life is my becoming a Christian in the fall of 1995 (29 years ago). A full description of how I became a Christian can be found here. Hobbies Dancing I've been dancing since 1988. I started out with Scandinavian dancing and then got into ballroom dancing. Some of the ballroom dances are: Fox Trot, Waltz, Rumba, Cha-Cha, East coast swing, West coast swing, Tango Photography Although I've been interested in photography for many years, I wasn't until 1990 that I got into photography in a big way. In 1990 my sister asked me to shoot her wedding. I used that as the excuse I needed to buy a new camera (Nikon 8008). Since then I've taken a LOT of pictures. Some of my specialties are: Lightning Fireworks Sunsets Underwater Beach Aspen Trees Balloons Weddings Auroras (Northern Lights)2001/03/30 2001/11/05       I've also taken a LOT of pictures during various vacations and trips: 1998 Israel / Greece 2000 Israel 2002 South Africa/Mozambique church mission trip snow skiing I started skiing at age 5. Growing up in New Mexico I learned to ski at Sandia Peak which is just outside of Albuquerque. I cut my teeth at Taos which is were I learned to ski the double black diamonds . At age 15 I joined the National Ski Patrol at Sandia Peak and was on the patrol for 15 years (until I moved to Colorado Springs). While skiing at Arapaho Basin in 1991 I fell and blew my ACL in my left knee. That has somewhat limited my skiing since then to the blue runs . But after 33 years of skiing I was ready for something that as a little easier on my knees. scuba diving I started scuba diving back in 1989 when there was a family reunion in Bonaire. Since then I've been diving 3 times in the Bahamas, the most recent being June 1999. Eventually I hope to have some pictures here. Reading I really enjoy reading. I prefer mysteries though read a lot of different types of books. Some of my favorite authors and books are shown below.   Bible God Tom Clancy The Hunt for the Red October Lilian Jackson Braun The 'cat' books Diane Mott Davidson The 'cook' books Emily Brightwell Mrs. Jeffries books Dorothy Gilman Mrs. Pollifax books Frank Peretti This Present Darkness Tim LaHaye/Jerry Jenkins The Left Behind series Dale Brown Flight of the Old Dog Robert Ludlum Sue Grafton The alphabet books Dick Francis The 'horse' books bike riding I bought my first bike about 15 years ago. It was a street bike and in 1989 I participated in the "Tour de Taos" which was a bike ride to raise money for MS. The ride was from Albuquerque, NM to Taos, NM (2 days). When I moved to Colorado Springs I purchased a mountain bike. There are many trails on which to ride. Sailing I started sailing 55 years ago in 1985 when I went on a bare boat trip in the Florida Keys. Since then I've sailed 3 times in the British Virgin Islands and once in the Grenadines.