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Hello. I am the one and only Jonah Probell.
Personally
I
seek to broaden my horizons. I often learn everything that I can about
something new, though I read few books. I love technical
writing and teaching because that is the best way to learn a subject
thoroughly. I never lie.
I love that I have diverse friends and
acquaintances. I view strangers as friends that I have yet to meet. I love
to help others but avoid asking for help. I do not know whether God exists
and I am satisfied with my ignorance on the matter. I will take either side
for the sake of a good political philosophy
debate.
I am fast using a Windows computer because I know a lot of
shortcut keys. I used to occasionally play soccer
on weekends and drums in a small band ♪. I also used to enjoy canoeing, biking,
building stone walls, and working on my friends' dairy farm. Now I am a
workaholic. I am selective about what organizations I
join. There are certain web sites that I like.
I love to travel, have been to almost every state in the USA, have been to most
industrialized nations of the world, and have a friends in each place. I sleep well on
trains, planes, cars, boats, or anywhere else. I dislike long sleeves, but I love a
comfortable pair of jeans. I own only what I need. Though I shun materialism, I also
profit from it. Though I design computer processors for digital televisions and DVD
players, I own no television set. I am also a
licensed ham
radio operator.
I enjoy learning new languages but I know only
one fluently. I speak and write with the best English grammar of anyone that
I know. My vocabulary excludes words that would not be heard on the evening
news. Secretly, though, my mind is as dirty as my language is clean. I enjoy
limericks and word
play but I hate puzzling over brain
teasers.
My favorite book is Sometimes A Great Notion by Ken Kesey for its
depiction of the rural versus academic conflict that afflicts
my self-image. I also enjoyed Catcher In The Rye. I appreciate most
music, especially Jazz (standards, funk, and ska), Blues, Classic
Country, and Rock (classic, punk, and modern). There are many different
musicians and bands that I like.
I watch very little television, but I enjoy a few
television shows when they are on. I also enjoy
good movies, especially those with stories that actually develop
female characters. I like studying maps and I have a good sense of
direction. I like looking at boats and trucks and heavy equipment. I drive
a stick shift and I am skilled at backing up a trailer.
I am male ♂ and I was born in 1976, Gemini in the year of the dragon 龙.
Nowhere feels like home to me, but work and family take me frequently to the areas around
Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Boston, West Palm Beach, Chicago, London, Hsinchu, Tokyo,
Osaka, Beijing, and Shanghai.
Here is what I look like. Handsome, huh?
Feel free to contact me.
© Copyright 2004-2006 Jonah Probell
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