User:Abacab81

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.