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My friend, Ig over at Ig Blog posed a small challenge to list 8 random things about myself after I posted a comment on his 8 random things. So here goes…

1. I like to perform a lot of different styles of music, and it has been said that my best style is traditional, operatic-style music. While I can sing operatically, I really don’t like opera all that much. I learned how to sing it primarily because I wanted to learn proper singing technique, but I have no desire to pursue that as a primary musical style. I perform a few opera songs at my weekly restaurant gig only because the audience expects it now and then. My real musical love is and always has been rock and roll.
2. One thing that I want to do before I’m 55 is go to a Formula One race; but not just any F1 race. I want to attend the Monaco Gran Prix. My dream is to get a room on the Casino turn and watch from my balcony; or, if I have the scratch, rent a big yacht and watch from the bay.
3. At work, I use a PC, but my go-to home machine is now a Mac. For those who’ve known me for years, they know that I was a PC user for a long time, and scoffed at the Mac. But OSX completely changed my opinion. I’m still a newbie, and am still in transition to moving to it (all my development software is on the PC), but the more I discover about the Mac, the more I love it!
4. Here some things I love to do (besides writing and playing music): Fish, cook (esp. barbeque), read, blog, write code, work in startups (I’ll get lucky sometime…).
5. I’m a deeply spiritual man. That said, while I don’t necessarily need a religion to live my spiritual life, I’m a practicing Catholic who’s very devoted to sharing the Word of God with others through song.
6. This’ll probably piss some people off, but I believe the US government needs to loosen the immigration laws for our Mexican neighbors. Ever see the movie, “A Day Without Mexicans?”
7. OJ Simpson was GUILTY!!!
8. I love playing video games (PC and PSP).