1. If the money were equal (or no object) what would be your ideal career or job? This one is a little tough for me. There have been so many things that I have wanted to do in my life, but the truth of the matter is, I like what I am doing now, real-time embedded software engineering. I might change the focus from weapon systems to space exploration, but when it all boils down, there is really not that much difference.
2. What fictional character is most like you? Howard Cunningham (hard working, devoted family man, slightly off his rocker)
3. If you could travel in time, where (or is it "when") would you go? Gettysburg, PA, July 3, 1863, at the headquarters of the Army of Northern Virginia.
4. What do you consider to be the most significant news event in the last 5 years? OKC bombing. It changed the way we look at OUR world. We are not necessarily safely tucked away in the USA any more.
5. What is the best piece of music ever written or performed? Star Bangled Banner. When done properly and correctly (it seems everyone has their own arrangement) who isn't moved by it.