I'm an amateur astronomer (very amateur) and mostly enjoy the social aspect of it but also enjoy tinkering with the technology. While living in Southern California for many years my wife and I were members of the Riverside Astronomical Society (RAS). We enjoyed the monthly camp out/star parties at the club's dark sky viewing site in the desert near Joshua Tree National Park. The favorite experience there was watching the 2001 Leonids meteor shower (it was a storm, really) with seldom a moment when there weren't two or more meteors at the same time lighting up the sky, casting shadows and filling the sky with smoke trails. I enjoy watching meteors and operate a meteor radar from my house to make radio meteor observations day and night. Other hobbies include amateur radio, hiking/backpacking, music (classical guitar, pedal steel guitar, trombone), Kite flying, remotely piloted model aircraft. Professionally I've been involved in broadcasting and corporate video. I currently manage a TV studio in the Washington D.C. area for a community college.