I'd like to introduce myself to the list. I just subscribed
yesterday, haven't been lurking for weeks, so I don't have a
feel for the list's population yet, but here goes.
I'm a 40-year-old ear, nose and throat doc living in Harbor,
Oregon, a little coastal town right next to the California
border. I have a wife and one son, age 6, as well as several
tarantulas, poison dart frogs, and a couple of snakes. Oh,
and two ferrets named Charlotte and Emily
(for the Brontes). I'm an aspiring author--I've been working
on a novel for a little over a year, and I'm perhaps 1/4 to
1/3 finished with it. At the risk of getting tossed from the
list, the story's in that weird hybrid class of noir science
fiction, but I hope it will appeal to hard-boiled fans who
won't get turned off by the science fiction window
dressing.
I read a variety of stuff... in recent months I finished
Tolkien's
_Fellowship of the Rings_ (liked the movie, but never could
get into the Lord of the Rings when I was a kid), Carl
Hiaasen's _Skintight_ (lots of fun, although a little too
close to home for me), and Richard Stark's
_Firebreak_. I'll also read Terry Pratchett when I want
something light. I recently bought a bunch of Library of
America collections
(thank God for Amazon--we don't have a decent bookstore in
this town!) and this morning finished Chandler's _Playback_.
I'm wondering what the title meant... but otherwise, I loved
it.
By the way, if any of the list members have any ear, nose and
throat problems, I have a decent website with lots of
articles posted about the common things we ENTs deal with. I
don't answer many of the letters people send me, so if you do
have an ENT question please put Rara-Avis in the subject
line... my Delete finger tends to work pretty fast
sometimes.
Thanks.
Doug Hoffman www.doctorhoffman.com
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