I look a lot like James Bond, but don't have any pictures to prove it. Some people also think I resemble the Pillsbury Dough Boy, but I don't see the resemblance.

Your real name

Larry

Your location(ish)

Los Gatos, California

Your marriage/family situation

Married with adult children

Own website (if you have one!)

None.

The Interview:

You're a poster in a.a.f - do you actually own a Ferrari or are you just here for the insults?

1988 Testarossa – Red over tan - stock

What do you do to scratch out a living?

Real Estate Developer

Who would play you in a movie?

Tommy Lee Jones

What is your favourite sport?

Aikido, if one can call that a “sport”

Which team/player do you follow?

Jack Wada

What and where is your favourite Hotel

Laurel Inn- Penthouse – Victoria Habor- Canada

What and where is your favourite restaurant or bar?

Empress Inn Main Dining – Victoria/  Carniglia’s on the wharf Santa Cruz

Name a few of your favourite books?

Robert Parker’s Spencer series.  Snow Falling on Cedars.  Clash of Civilazations (Huntington) Cryptonomicon

Name a few of your favourite films?

Ronin.  2001 A Space Odyssey.  LeMans.  A Fistful of Dollars.

What music do you listen to?

Most music.  Stones, Springsteen, Bowie, Chris Issacs, Benny Goodman, Willie Nelson, Sting

Heaven is...?

A state of energy I have yet to understand or relate to

Hell is...?

watching anyone you know and love die from a debilitating disease.

Name four people (dead or alive) that you would like to invite to a dinner party.

Christ- Jack Kennedy-Weyshiba, Sensei- Dame Diana Riggs at her “Avengers” age

If you had to get stranded in one place for the rest of your life (town, city, tropical island, whatever) where would it be?

Exactly where I live.  If not, then Pebble Beach or Malibu California

Who would you take with you?

My wife, all of my friends, my dog, my business partners, and a really good I.T. guy to fix things.

If you there was one car or bike that you could drive just once, what would it be?

Ferrari F50

What is your secret vice?

My vices aren't secret.

What irritates you most about people?

Willingness to commit time, money, and effort to destroy other human beings.

Do you know what love is?

Yes,

Is the glass half full, or half empty?

Half full, and there are more glasses to fill.

What's in the glass?

Life, energy and joy.   Depending on the day and the mood that could range from Green Tea to a Martini

What's the one thing you never leave home without?

A sense of Center

and finally, complete the following sentence:
"Arguing in newsgroups is like..."

a reminder that there are other things in life to do, and that I’m wasting valuable time.