I keep saying I'll post and never do. So here goes.
I'm late 40's, live in Washington, and work for the Navy.
My interests include (but are not limited to) reading, gaming, hiking, music, and American Civil War Reenacting.
If you know anything about the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory, I'm an INTP.

More detail then: my work. My office handles regulatory business: permits, environmental fees, training, oversight of haz waste operations. My part of that is training and fees. Boring but essential to the Shipyard. I tend to talk and think in acronyms (a side-effect of my job), so please bear with me.

Reading: I always have at least one book in progress, and sometimes two or three. Right now, two: Singularity Sky (SF) and Physics of the Impossible (nonfiction science). Both are good. I also read history, general fiction, and westerns. As for magazines, we subscribe to The Week, which is awesome. when I post, I'll try to say something about what I'm reading.

Gaming: I play wargames, card games, board games, Xbox, and computer. Yeah, I know wargames aren't PC, but I've been playing them most of my life and can't quit. The last games I have played are Combat Commander: Europe (CC:E) and Fallout 3. CCE is card-driven (meaning that card play and card management regulate the game); I'm still not sure I dig card-driven games (CDGs), but the jury is still out. Fallout 3 is a hoot; I'm lousy at it, but it is fun looking at the world in the game.

Hiking: I only get to hike a couple of times a year. If it were just up to me, I go out a lot more, but my wife and stepdaughter take up most of my time. I will write about the trips we make. Last summer my friend Greg, his kids, my stepson Ed and I went to Shi Shi Beach in Olympic National Park. Good trip, although quite wet; it rained hard on the second day.

Music: I prefer alternative rock, but also listen to classical, traditional Irish and Scottish, and even some old school rap (thanks, Ed!). My favorite band has to be New Order, but I like so much other music, it'd be difficult to list it all. I splurged this past fall and bought over a dozen CDs: mostly 80's that I have in vinyl, but also contemporary folks like the Muffs, the Long Winters, and the Killers

My stepdaughter is developmentally disabled; she's a dear, but a lot of work.