5 things you probably don't know about me

Well, thanks to André Obelink, I've been tagged and am now a participant in the blogsphere version of Tag, as started by Jeff Pulver and explained here.

So here are 5 things I am pretty sure you don't about me:

(1) Although I am NOT someone who is necessarily impressed by degrees (I care much more about actual accomplishments), I have completed 3 Masters degrees.   I have a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from The Cooper Union.  I stayed on to complete a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering there as well, mainly because I was just getting into Microprocessors and software.   After that, when it was obvious to me that I was going the software route (rather than hardware), I completed a Masters degree in Computer Science at Polytechnic University (while already working full).  Finally, I continued my evening education at Polytechnic, in order to complete a Masters degree in Management.   It often amazes me how much I USED to know :-)

(2) Before becoming immersed in the Windows world, I spent 10 years developing Microprocessor-based and Real-time Software.  I regularly note the irony in the fact that my current main area of expertise (database access) is one that I used to make fun of.

(3) As a youth and young adult (through college) I was a real hockey fanatic.  I played hockey in all of its forms: street hockey, field hockey, roller hockey, and ice hockey.  I was the captain of my high-school hockey team, and ran into some "issues" with Algebra, since my Final exam was scheduled right after one of our playoff games - which would have been fine if the game hadn't gone into overtime !

(4) At the age of 30, I ran the New York City Marathon in a time of 4:52.  Yes, I realize that you wouldn't believe that looking at me today :-(

(5) I am a big fan, consumer, and student of single-malt scotch.  That probably explains something...

I am going to tag Dan Appleman,  Shy Cohen, Barry Gervin, Kim Major, and Brian Randell