Biography of Dave Aronson

Pictures? You want PICTURES? Feh. Wait 'til ISDN is cheap, or more cable services have Internet services! For now, here is the latest TEXT version of my bio from the User Bios area on Air 'n Sun:

MWJM, 35, 6'0", 230 pounds, hazel eyes, long wavy black hair (usually in a ponytail these days), beard, moustache, glasses, straight. Live with my wife, Esther Nasjleti, in Vienna, VA. Work as software engineer (but don't spout technobabble at innocents), for Call Technologies, which has since been bought by 3Com. Light drinker, non-smoker (allergic), non-doper. Politically, mainly "libertarian but with a heart". Scorpio (but don't believe in astrology).

Raised in northeast Philadelphia PA. Have also lived in Pittsburgh PA, McLean VA, Reston VA, Alexandria VA, and Roanoke VA. Have also visited Canada, England, France, Israel, and a few Carribean islands, with brief sidetrips into Germany, Italy, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Switzerland.

Like the color blue (mainly about a sky blue, rather than, say, the royal blue Esther likes), Chinese and other spicy food, movies (especially comedies, preferably on tape), most kinds of music (except opera (just the singing), rap, and most heavy metal) but mostly classical and classic rock, not much TV aside from movies and the Discovery and Learning Channels (especially technology and history), warm to cool (but not very hot, cold, or humid) weather, long rambling talks on any and all subjects with intelligent people, and comfy clothes no matter how sloppy they look.

NOT into sports (playing nor watching), or anything else with constant loud noise, crowds, drunks, or tobacco smoke -- such as nightclubs. Do NOT like (let alone want!) children. NOT very religious....

Hobbies include BBSes (mainly my own Air 'n Sun of course), medievalism (member of Society for Creative Anachronism), and firearms (no, I'm not some kind of camo-clad bunker-hunkering commie-hunting paranoid militia lunatic, but I am a member of the NRA). Moderate several Fidonet echoes, such as Mensa, Medieval, and some DC-area things like MWM (Metro Washington Mensa), DCGuns, and DCJewish. Play guitar (mostly acoustic), compose silly filk lyrics, but can't sing worth beans....