Where I've been, where I am

[Lawrence Bryan]

Not sure why anyone cares, but here goes. I live in San Jose. I grew  
up in the western part of the east (left part of the right) and the  
extreme southeast (down right). Graduate degree in topology from  
University of Miami. Most of my income producing years was work with  
computers. I tried writing, film making, and teaching mathematics. I  
loved the last three best was terrible at all three. Was good with  
computers but hated it. <shrug>

Got started reading Pynchon while living in the UAE, teaching  
mathematics and CS to Muslim students at the UAE's national  
university. Nothing to do in the evenings, makes taking on OBA a lot  
easier.

I travel a lot. Been around the world twice. Love classical (serious)  
music. Founded the San Jose Chamber Music Society almost 25 years ago.  
Have a grown son and two grandsons living in rural Kentucky. (It's a  
long story.) Been married to the same woman for forty one years.  
Politically a Chomskyite. Think Obama is a nice man whose politics are  
barely to the left of Bush's. I see this bailout business as being  
Obama's Bay of Pigs.

Jeez, I could go on, but really, who cares what I've done, lived, or  
currently think?

Lawrence