I've been told by total strangers - they've walked up and asked for my autograph (no joke!) three times, that I look like John Popper from the Band Blues Traveler. I don't see the resemblance, though... Maybe it's the hat...

Your real name

Mike

Your location(ish)

New Port Richey, Florida, USA
(in the Tampa Bay area)

Your marriage/family situation

Married fifteen years this year, one 12-year-old daughter

Own website (if you have one!)

ScaleAutoSport.com
&
Moving Pictures

The Interview:

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

I plan to own a Ferrari. Currently my ride is an '03 Ford Mustang GT (see the Toys section).

What do you do to scratch out a living?

Regional IT Director for a large healthcare company

Who would play you in a movie?

Dom Deluise

What is your favourite sport?

Channel Surfing

Which team/player do you follow?

None

What and where is your favourite Hotel

Not a Hotel, but there's a small mom-n-pop motel called the Luray Caverns East Motel, in Luray, Virginia, USA, at the beginning of the Shenendoah Parkway. Beautiful views, price is right, and people are friendly.

What and where is your favourite restaurant or bar?

No real favorites.  Go to Sonic Drive-In a lot.

Name a few of your favourite books?

Anything by Larry Niven, David Drake, Laurell Hamilton. I read anything, though - fiction to non-fiction.

Name a few of your favourite films?

LeMans, Ghost in the Shell, Matrix,

What music do you listen to?

All kinds of things, except Rap and Gospel.

Heaven is...?

A twisty road on a spring day, and 300 bhp under the hood.

Hell is...?

fleeting. Always look for better pastures

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

My late brother, Albert Einstein, Isaac Asimov, Benjamin Franklin

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

Blue Ridge Mountains in N. Carolina or Virginia, USA.

Who would you take with you?

My family

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

Ferrari 250TR, '57-'61, 250GTO, or 250SWB. I'm not picky.

What is your secret vice?

No secrets.

What irritates you most about people?

How rude, arrogant, and downright stuipid some seem to be.

Do you know what love is?

Yes

Is the glass half full, or half empty?

Definitely Full

What's in the glass?

Ice Water

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

Wallet

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

teaching pigs to sing (wastes your time and annoys the pig).