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Today’s date is Tuesday, April 01, 2025.

I’m currently working at Tanium as a Software QA Engineer. You can check out my LinkedIn page, if you want.

When I’m not working, I have other nerdly pursuits like making Standard eBooks. I’ve made these books so far:

1. His Family by Ernest Poole
2. Murder in the Gunroom by H. Beam Piper
3. So Big by Edna Ferber
4. Invaders from the Infinite by John W. Campbell
5. Facing the Flag by Jules Verne
6. The Head of Kay‘s by P. G. Wodehouse
7. Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence
8. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
9. The Giant Raft by Jules Verne

I like playing saxophone:

• I just joined the Las Pulgas Big Band. We play jazz, swing and pop stuff.
• I play in a huge band, the California Repercussions. We play loud.
• At Christmas time, I play in San Jose Saxophone Christmas, where 200 other saxophone players and I play fun Christmas tunes. Sometimes just 9 or 11 of us spin off and do the same music on our own...
• I used to play Bari Sax in the South Bay Big Band Jazz band. It was fun.
• I also used to play in another cool band -- The Blow Kings! We did “Horn Powered Comedy!”
• I used to play in a saxophone quartet called Go Sax. Go! Significantly, every coffee shop we played at closed.
• In college, I played in the Cal Aggie Marching Band at the University of California, Davis and after college in the Peninsula Symphonic Band.

I like cars and motorcycles. I have an odd assortment:

• 1959 Volkswagen Single Cab Pickup Truck. (Owned since 1993)
• 2004 MINI Cooper S (2018)
• 2019 Honda Odyssey EX (2024)

I have a growing list of former cars and motorcycles (ownership years):

1. 1966 Dodge Van (1973-1976)
2. 1971 Vega Panel Truck (1974-1982)
3. 1980 Yamaha SR500 (1980-1993)
4. 1982 Volkswagen Jetta (1982-1992)
5. 1983 BMW R65LS (1984-1987). Here’s a story page about my motorcycle life.
6. 1992 Mazda Miata (1991-2002)
7. 1982 BMW R65LS motorcycle. (1996-2005)
8. 1969 Volkswagen Westfalia Campmobile (1998-2000)
9. 2001 Volkswagen Passat GLX Wagon. (2000-2005)
10. 1985 BMW 535i. (2002-2004)
11. 2001 Audi TT quattro. (2004-2014)
12. 2001 Volkswagen EuroVan GLS. (2004)
13. 2001 Honda Odyssey. (2005-2014)
14. 2005 Vespa GT200L. (2007-2009)
15. 2008 Triumph Thruxton. (2009-2010)
16. 2010 Honda Odyssey (2014-2024)
17. 2014 BMW i3 (2014-2016)
18. 2016 Volkswagen e-Golf (2016-2019)

Here are some pictures of my wedding to the lovely Lorraine back in May 1998. Some pictures are by Steve Norman, and others by actual professional wedding photographer Douglas Hooper. I’ll let you figure out which is which. We were married for 26 wonderful years before she passed away in November 2024.

I have two beautiful kids. My oldest is Jeffrey Alexander. And he has a sister named Natalie Marie. Back in the day, I used to update Bob’s Boring Banter with updates, and kept some cool pictures over at my .Mac site and my iWeb site, but bviously, both iWeb and .Mac have been discontinued, so those links are dead. I’m working on getting those pictures back up. You’re more likely to find timely updates on Facebook or Instagram these days.

Lori and I had two dogs, Bink and Chelsea. Then they were adopted by our good friend Al. And poor Bink passed away after a wonderful and amazing life. Our Siamese/Calico cat named Fang passed a way a few years ago and we had 15 wonderful years with our dog Daisy. Now we have two cats, Hops-A-Lot and Panther.

My Dad died in 2002, and one of his best buddies sent me these pictures which really show the way he loved life. He and his friends were known as the Flat Frat.

We used to live in an old house. Then, we moved to new one. It was nice, but we needed more room, so we moved to an old house again. It’s in great neighborhood, too! This neighborhood is located in what I call Beautiful Downtown San Jose. The San Jose Underbelly will educate you on some of the finer points of San Jose culture and history.

Since 1985, I’ve been using Apple Macintosh computers to get work done.

• Windows Sucks! Familiarity breeds contempt, you know. If you’re having problems with your Wintel machine, try this. Why switch?
• Here’s a look at my current setup.
• A collection of pro-Macintosh propaganda that may help you in your own Macintosh fight.
• I do Macintosh/internet consulting. One of my clients was Tom Benemann, an on-air host/moderator/educator.

I “maintain” two FAQ pages about obsolete USENET Newsgroups:

• The web version of The ba.singles FAQ the original of which is officially maintained by Charlotte Blackmer. (Last modified Friday, December 31, 2021 ). ( 26k )
• And The alt.music.saxophone/rec.music.makers.saxophone FAQ (Last modified Friday, December 31, 2021 ).

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