naval history, military history, general world history (just a history nut I guess), economics (Austrian School), philosophy (Thomist), religion (Catholic), shooting (Marksman 1st Class), karate, security, sailing, painting, reading & writing, global & local politics, IT(CISSP) & programming, online gaming, logic and rhetoric. God is great, Beer is good, people are crazy. Pet peeves: WOG's, REMF's, any and all progressive humanist management types, socialism, unrestrained capitalism, any thing or program or person that sees human individuals as cyphers or resources to be expended and/or used up and thrown away when no longer needed. Anything that rewards leakers and punishes workers, Any and all of the above telling me how I should live MY life "For my own good".