I'm interested in modern western square dancing (I dance up to the C3B level), contradancing, and ballroom dancing, and in skiing, hiking, volleyball, and raquetball. I love to cook, and I love food in general, especially Asian cuisine. I could eat dim sum for brunch and Indian food for dinner every day and be happy. (Well, that's not entirely true; I'd prefer to mix some Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, and Ethiopian food in for some variety.) I play no musical instruments, but I listen to many kinds of music and have a collection of CDs approaching 2000 discs; more than half of it is classical music.
In addition to email, you can contact me using Yahoo! instant messaging or AOL instant messaging; my ID is barryleiba on both systems.
I have a personal web log on blogspot.com, called Staring At Empty Pages. You can read it at
http://staringatemptypages.blogspot.com/
If you do, please read the note at the bottom of that page: It is a personal blog, and, as such, is my personal writing, not reflecting IBM's opinions or policies.
(While we're at it, I should also point out that the links below, in the References section, are also unrelated to IBM. They are pages that I have a connection to, or agreement with, personally, and their presence here does not imply any endorsement by IBM.)
References:
- Square Dancing: Modern Western Square Dance page.
- Square Dancing: "Challenge" Square Dancing.
- Square Dancing: Call of the Month columns, written for the Times Squares newsletter.
- Cooking: Recipe archive, from rec.food.recipes.
- Amateur Radio: my callsign is N3BL.
- Link to Common Cause pages.
- Link to MoveOn pages.
- Link to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) pages.
Photos:
- Barry in his office in July, 1999.
- The whole stuffed family, in December, 1993.
- Barry's house, in December, 1993.
- Barry's house, in April, 1998.
I have more photos on my Flickr photostream.