Abacab81

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This user lives in or hails from Cincinnati.

This user is a Capricornian.

This user is not British, but can speak with a British accent.

This user uses Google as a primary search engine.

CBJ

This user is a fan of the
Columbus Blue Jackets

This user is interested in history.

This user is interested in the Byzantine Empire

This user's favourite animal is the Reticulated Giraffe.

This user drinks cider.

The Beatles

This user is asking you to turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream.

About Myself

I was born in Hamilton, Ohio in the 1960s. Since childhood I have been interested in music, history, archeology, and zoology. I have been married to my best friend for over twenty years, and mostly enjoy researching various topics online.

Interests

Favorite Actors: Jim Sturgess, James McAvoy, Malcolm McDowell, Gene Hackman.

Favorite Actresses: Natalie Portman, Kirsten Dunst, Sally Field, Saoirse Ronan.

Favorite Films: The Shining (film), Pan's Labyrinth, Cabaret (film), Dick (film), Heartless (2009 film), Smokey and the Bandit, Wanted (2008 film), 2001: A Space Odyssey (film), O' Horten.

Favorite Research Topics/Authors: Byzantine Empire, Edgar Allan Poe, John Romer (Egyptologist), Jane Goodall, Bart D. Ehrman, Butler County, Ohio, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, German Heritage Museum.

Favorite Music/Bands: The Beatles, Genesis (band), Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Motown, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Cowboy Junkies, Johnny Cash, Stone Temple Pilots, Ella Fitzgerald, Traffic (band).

Book and/or documentary that have changed my life: Bart D. Ehrman's lectures available through The Teaching Company, Byzantium: The Lost Empire documentary from John Romer (Egyptologist), and The Civil War (TV series)

Places I wish to visit before I die: London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Heidelberg, Istanbul.