Hobbies

I hope to make this page more of a resource, and less of a laundry list, during my Copious Free Time.

I’m insatiably curious, and a lifelong learner-doer. In parallel with my professional accomplishments, I keep busy with lots of hobbies, pursuits, side-projects and weekend adventures.

I used to run a poem-a-day mail server in the late 90s with over 5000 subscribers. I played tournament Scrabble and once reached expert level (1600). I used to hike and bike, but do less of that now. I’m a good club-level tennis player (4.0), and getting into distance swimming and weight-training (kettlebells). I volunteer.

I’m a decent amateur photographer. I have a large collection of tabletop (Euro-strategy) board games. I listen to a vast range of music (but very little of the popular stuff I’m afraid). I’m a very good cook.

I read non-stop, on everything under the sun. I’ve travelled a bit. I think I’m unusually well-informed on a very wide range of topics: history, science, art, language, music, literature, you name it. My ideal is the polymath from Leigh Fermor’s A Time of Gifts: “Inquire within about anything”.