Full name:

Steven

Physical observations:

5' 8"
180#
brown hair - hazel eyes - auburn mustache/beard or goatee
glasses - LASIK success story

Vices/Guilty Pleasures/Indulgences: music, roller coasters, loud guitars,
ice cream, rock and roll, being a wise-ass
Hobbies/interests:

Music (loud hard rock, country, pop, new age, classical, celtic, bluegrass, Zydeco, Bollywood)
Guitar (currently songwriting and home recording. Click to visit my music website.)
Travel (Florida; California; Ohio; visit family, friends, and tourist destinations)
Computer graphics (I've done better than this.)
Commercial aviation
Learning

Domicile: Far north suburban Chicago
(a.k.a. Kenosha, WI; a bedroom community between Chicago and Milwaukee on Lake Michigan)
Years living in Wisconsin: 15
Favorite travel destinations:

Cedar Point (amusment park, Ohio)
Orlando, Florida (a.k.a. home from 1981-1994)
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington
California (Disneyland, Yosemite, Sequoia NF, Pacific Coast Hwy, San Francisco)
Europe (just back from Paris and Reims)

Travel Wishlist: Japan
Iceland
Scandinavia
Alaska
Favorite rock artists: Judas Priest, KISS, The Rolling Stones, Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, The Trews, AC/DC, Rob Zombie, Van Halen, Billy Squier, Queen, Aerosmith, Garbage, Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, The Who, Journey
Favorite country artists: Dwight Yoakam, Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn, Dolly Parton, Dixie Chicks, Toby Keith, Reba McEntire, the first two albums of Clint Black
Other favorites: Enya, Bonnie Raitt, Josh Groban, Maire Brennan, Elizabeth Anne, Stevie Ray Vaughan, William Ackerman, Cher, Annie Lennox, Queen Ida, Allison Kraus, Deva Premal, Frederic Chopin
Favorite movies: King Kong (1933, 1976 and 2005)
The Silence of the Lambs
Steel Magnolias
Bringing Up Baby
A Fish Called Wanda
What Dreams May Come
Young At Heart (2008)
Alien series
Monsters, Inc.
the John Waters collection
Indoor activities: Computer work (and play), weight training,
play guitar, home recording, reading. Did you visit my music site?
Favorite books: - "The New Revelations" by Neale Donald Walsch: You are not a human doing, you are a human being.
- "A Dangerous Book" by Rodger Stevens: [unpublished] - not an easy read for some, but no one said life would be easy.
- "The Dancing Wu Li Masters" by Gary Zukav
- "The Places That Scare You" by Pema Chodron
- Anything by Christopher Moore:   just pick one. You can't go wrong.
Outdoor activities:

Bike riding
Walking/hiking (want to do more)
Sightseeing (cityscape and rural)

Photos: Flickr Photo Album
Contact:
Places I can carry a conversation about:
  • Devil's Lake State Park, Wisconsin
  • Illinois Railway Museum; Union, IL
  • Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming
  • The Badlands, South Dakota
  • The Black Hills, South Dakota
  • Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
  • Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
  • Mount Saint Helens National Monument, Washington
  • Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
  • Highway 101, Oregon (Pacific Coast Highway)
  • Sequoia /Kings Canyon National Park, California
  • Alcatraz Island; Golden Gate Nat'l Recration Area
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium, California
  • Hearst Mansion; San Simeon, California
  • Yosemite National Park, California
  • Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Arizona
  • New York City, NY
  • Blarney Castle, Ireland
  • Paris, France
  • Reims, France
  • Stratford-upon-Avon, England
  • Rock City Gardens; Chattanooga, TN
  • Kennywood Amusement Park; Pittsburgh, PA
  • Cedar Point Amusement Park; Sandusky, OH
  • Michigan's Adventure Amusement park; Muskegon, MI
  • Holiday World Amusement Park; Santa Claus, IN
  • Busch Gardens; Tampa, FL
  • Busch Gardens; Williamsburg, VA
  • Sandy Korners Jeep Tours; Mears, MI

    Lighthouses