- # of mailing addresses in 51 years: 29
- # of U.S. states I have been in: 40
- # of Canadian provinces I've been in: 3
- Longest bus trip: Columbus, Ohio to Berkeley, California
- Fastest land travel: bullet train from Nagoya to Osaka, Japan
- Greatest amount won in California lottery: $85
- # of times hiked East Bay National Skyline Trail (31 miles in 1 day): 4
- Forrest Gump historic moment: I was at the ``Bring Us Together''
Richard Nixon campaign stop in Deshler, Ohio, in 1968
- Biggest earthquake experienced: Loma Prieta, 1989
- First earthquake experienced: Oxford, Mississippi, circa 1974, ~3.0
- Highest elevation in car: Mt. Evans, Colorado, >14,000 feet
- Lowest elevation in car: Death Valley, California, -282 feet
- # of presidential elections voted in: 9
- # of times voted for winning candidate: 3
- Longest hallway I've been in: the former Pacific Telesis building, San Ramon, CA
- Smallest town lived in: Westminster, Ohio, population ~250
- Most egregious abuse of a rental car: driving from Hana around the
southern edge of Maui
- # of brothers with same birthday, different year: 1
- First programming language learned: APL (on a teletype)
- Second programming language learned: PL/I
- Favorite programming language: Java
- # of years playing piano: 44
- # of years practicing tai chi: 14
Longest owned book
Ormondroyd, Edward.
David and the Phoenix.
Follett Publishing Company,
1957.
I read it in Ohio when I was 8; it probably generated a subconscious urge
to move to Berkeley.