I grew up in Los Angeles, but I'm happier in the Triangle. Of the other places I've lived, my favorite is Stockholm. I'm a software developer who designs as well as programs. I'm also a biologist. A big reason why I'm happy in the Triangle is the growing abundance of practical creativity here, which Creative Mornings spotlights.
Web applications; scientific programming; system administration; population and quantitative genetics; statistics applied to genetics and genomics; formulating, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative models.
Sharing my work with a broader public.
Ignore most advice - some of it doesn't apply to anyone, and most of it doesn't apply to you.
My partner T. S., who is beautiful, clever, funny, gentle, kind, and patient (in any order) and has put up with me for an awfully long time now.
Lactose tolerance - I could drink a gallon of milk in an hour without intestinal distress.
What, you think I have a non-backup career?
Among other things, the words of almost every song by Tom Lehrer. (Of course, it helps that they're superlatively clever, funny, and otherwise memorable.)
Depends on the someone, but how to make sensational guacamole comes to mind.