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About Me: Clan MacGregor. Secular. Evolutionist. Agnostic. Scorpio. Swing voter. Nostalgic. Romantic. Sentimental. Passionate. Principled to a fault, Dreamer. Egalitarian. Seeker of truth, justice, honesty and fair play.

Interests: Family History. YouTube. People Watching at my local cafe. Music. Dancing. Swimming. Current Events. Avid Radio Listener. Aircraft enthusiast. Animal lover. Day Tripping. Music Festivals. Cultural Festivals. Ceramics. Poetry. Boating. Listening to Internet radio (1150 AM CKOC, ABC-AU, 2GB Sydney AU, BBC-UK , Reading the UK and Australian newspapers online, I love the sound of a train passing by and the sound of a single engine plane passing overhead.

Movies: Muriel's Wedding. The Year My Voice Broke. The Road From Coorain. Traveling North. The Dish. Little Fish. Opal Dream. Gallipoli. Breaker Morant. Table for Five. Desert Bloom. The English Patient. Mr. Roberts. Father Goose. Avanti. Macaroni. The Caine Mutiny. Tunes of Glory. Mrs. Miniver. Memphis Bell. Out of Africa. Tin Cup. The Party. Local Hero. Kissing Jessica. The In-Laws. Woodstock. The Hit. Gardens of Stone. Dead Poet's Society. Turtle Diary. Murphy's War. Hear My Song. A Child's Christmas In Wales. Koyla. China Beach. Almost Famous. A Walk on the Moon. Misterioso. Bopha. Concert for George. The Man Who Knew (PBS). Three Men in a Boat. Rooting Through Europe. Barging Through Europe. The Worlds Fastest Indian.

TV: Wings Over Canada, Discovering Great Towns, Love Joy, Blue Heelers, McLeod's Daughters, Water Rats, Frontline (AU Comedy News Room), Kath and Kim (AU), Star Gate, China Beach, Northern Exposure, Magnum PI, Ed, 30 Rock, Front Line (US Investigative News), 60 Minutes, W5, Human Edge, American Experience, Pilot Guides, Don't Forget Your Passport, Barrett-Jackson Auction, CSI Miami, HGTV, OLN.

Music: Folk. Classical. Blues. Psychedelic Rock. Country. Motown. Eclectic.

Books: The Road From Coorain/Jill Kerr Conway. In a Sunburned Country/Bill Bryson. The Thorn Birds/Colleen McCullough.

Favourite Places: Sooke Harbour House (Vancouver Island B.C.), Sarasota Florida, Bala Muskoka, Victoria BC., Carmel Monterrey California.

Favourite Quotes:

Sex and golf are two things you don't have to be good at to enjoy. - Tin Cup.

"Maybe there won't be marriage. Maybe there won't be sex, but by God there will be dancing!" - My Best Friend's Wedding.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good. ~Edwin Denby

"We all get but once dance in life, ,and then we are asked to leave the planet." Ed - TV Series

The coolest thing you can do for your children is to love each other in their presence. - Julie Roberts 18.02.09 Daily Mail.

Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming better than you are.--J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare (Guesses at Truth: Second Series)

By your own soul, learn to live
And if men thwart you take no heed.
If men hate you have no care.
Sing your song, dream your dream,
Hope your hope and pray your prayer.--Parkenham Beatty

Schools: Graduated St. Andrew's College, Aurora (73-80).

Attended (incomplete): Mt. Allison University. Dalhousie University. SUNY Brockport. UofT (Woodsworth College).