Sept 4, 2011

What are your favorite movies?

Well done ones that leave me excited for the talents of those who created them and also for an appreciation of the earth and God’s creations. I also really like ones that make me laugh, which isn’t really hard to do. I do not like ones where there is a lot of swearing and a lot of attention drawn to the body or making fun of it.

So that being said, I like nature films, Man from Snowy River series, Blind Side, Most of the Disney movies especially the old ones, October Sky, Apollo 13, Mr Holland’s Opus, The Titan’s. It is really hard for me to name just a few since there are a lot of them, I would also include the Harry Potter series, Night at the Museum set. 

Sept 3, 2011

What are your hobbies? Do you have any collections (stamps, coins, rocks, embroidery)?

Wow I have all of those collections except embroidery. I also collected books, art drawings, movies, DVD’s, old photo equipment, cameras, ICs, music, bugs, leaves and mostly JUNK. My hobbies have included through the years woodwork, leatherwork, photography, drawing, camping, collecting things and gardening.  The one that has endured the years however has been the hobby of photography. I calculated recently that I have passed the ½ million images point in my life. Even though I can’t calculate it exactly I know that I have roughly taken over that many. This has really been made possible by the use of digital photography but I was well on my way to that point even with the old film.

My coin, stamp, art collections were really just finding and keeping what I though was fun and maybe a bit rare. However in the true sense of collections they are of no real value since they are not cataloged and complete. The stamps were ones from letters not ones that had never been postmarked and of limited print. However I have enjoyed each of them because it gave me a view of the world where I have been somewhat limited to see through any other means.