Recreational tyranny About RLB Richard L. Byrd Computer Programmer III/Systems Administrator National Center for Macromolecular Imaging rlbyrd@bcm.tmc.edu This diminuitive web page will,hopefully, answer the three most frequently asked questions of me: (a) Who the heck are you, anyway; (b) How does one reconcile being a geek AND a musician; and (c) do you use real tea, or the bag kind? Music stuff. Geek stuff. Overeducated musician (4 degrees) Plays tenor/bass trombone, euphonium, tuba, vibraphone professionally Plays in numerous Houston area musical organizations, including The Texas Brass Currently conducts The Woodlands Concert Band Avid reader, especially of Roman, medieval, and Renaissance history Writes, badly Active composer; numerous performances nationwide Almost 20 years in information technology Particularly conversant in Linux and Linux-based operating systems FSF/GNU proponent Heck, if you're that interested, read my tech resume. Has been online--FTP site, gopherspace, webinated--in some incarnation since 1985 Always use real tea, never the bag kind. Ugh. For those of you that are still curious and not faint of heart, there is always my personal web site. Feel free to email me for the address.