Who Am I Really?

Like everyone else in the world, I've managed to accumulate some interests, and like everything else in the world, these are comprehensively discussed at various pre-existing WWW sites.

I am, in no particular order:

• from Ottawa (Canada), though hardly anyone I know still lives there.
• an atheist.
• an alumnus of Princeton University (AB summa cum laude in mathematics, 1995).
• rather good at Scrabble^® crossword game. See also the FAQ. Nowadays I play at Club #83.
• much less good at bridge, though I do enjoy playing.
• even worse at a host of other games. In university I was president of the Simulation Games Union, as it was then called, and enjoyed such games as Civilization, Diplomacy, and Republic of Rome, though in four years I think I managed to win two games in total there. (Update: I went back for an evening in November 2003, and won at Titan. It helps when your opponents annihilate each other.)
• a former mathematician.
• a fairly plausible cook. (I favor Indian and Thai food.)
• a retired choral singer. It's no fun when you have to strain to reach middle C.
• a survivor of graduate school.
• too many other things to list here.

• John and Kristen Chew
• Catherine O'Neil and Johan de Jong
• Sherrie Saint John
• Patricia Larash
• David Savitt
• and too few others to mention.