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My
name is Brian
Welcome to my personal website. I decided to create this space to honor some of the things which I most enjoy. My life partner is Lois, a beautiful artist with whom I live in Ohio.
As you may surmise from the menu above, I hold affection for all things chess, Celtic music in general, Celtic fiddling in particular, scuba diving, and every animal I have met. I can't say that I love computers, but I do appreciate them and they have been part of my life for a long time as well.
In any event, I hope that you like what I have done here. Please take a look around. If we share some common interests or you have a comment about the website, feel free to contact me. Who knows? We may learn something from one another.
Personal Favorites:
| About.Com - Authoritative articles on thousands of topics |
| British Broadcasting Corporation |
| Doonesbury - Biting but hilarious political cartoon |
| Joseph Campbell Foundation - One of the 20th century's greatest minds |
| Ken Wilbur - Brilliant philosopher |
| Live 365 - Online radio station in a variety of genres |
| National Public Radio |
| Robert Burns Online - Scotland's bard |
| Skype - Free and easy to use internet telephone service |
| Sound and Spirit - Weekly public radio program |
| Washington Post Online |
| Wikipedia - Comprehensive free online encyclopedia |
Photos of Lois & Brian
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Several years ago, I spent a long evening (until the wee hours) playing blitz chess (5 minutes for each player) in a London pub. I was having a good night, scarcely losing a single game. A grizzled, elderly Irishman was one of the players in the rotation and he addressed me as 'Seolta' (pronounced 'shay-ol-tuh'), using this Gaelic adjective several times during and after our multiple games. The Englishmen sitting near and playing were as baffled as I was about this expression, though, at the time, no one thought it best to ask him about the definition.
At the time, I wasn't sure whether the word was good or bad. When I returned to the USA and looked it up, I realized that he meant it as a compliment and decided to use 'Seolta' as my internet sobriquet.
