Well, what a great and hearty welcome. A little about me. I've lived in Nor Cal since '79, five years in Marin Co. and the rest in Lake Co., about 110 miles north of SF. I'm a native Californian, born and raised in Delano CA, down by Bakersfield. I taught myself how to chord the guitar and when pushed I can pick a tune out OK. Then I taught myself the harmonica, the ocarina and I play the radio pretty well. I've sung in church choir, CSUB chior and in the shower a lot. I'm eclectic in my musical tastes. I gravitate to the minor chords in most things. Leonard Cohen in great, Ray Lynch, Keali'i Reichel, Flat and Skruggs, Moody Blues, Bob Marley and others. I love the digereedoo (?) and the Peruvian pan pipes in all their forms. Music and nuclear physics go well together. Their geometries and symmetries are tapestries: things of beauty, and both are largely mysteries to me. I like humor, irony, sardonicisms and I can get a little sarcastic on ocassion. There is a music in language and that is probably my forte. I'm retired from a temporary job that lasted 23 years on my way to doing and being something else. Most of my stories are long so I won't bore you with them and I sure don't want to relive the embarrassment of some of them. Well, that's just a general sketch. I'll save a little for later on. Thanks again for your warm welcome!