Thanks for your kind words. Yes, I'm a retired neurosurgical anesthesiologist (38 years: 1977-2015).

I lived in LA from 1966-1983, when I moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where I've remained.

I'm easy to connect with: bookofjoe@gmail.com

When I'm not acting out on HN, I do so in these arenas:

https://www.bookofjoe.com/ (since August 2004) https://www.youtube.com/user/bookofjoe (since March 2006) https://twitter.com/bookofjoe (since November 2006)