Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 22:50:31 GMT Server: NCSA/1.4.2 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 19:39:20 GMT Content-length: 6045 Brian Kris Grant: Personal Information

About Me

Family

I am from Fort Wayne, Indiana. My wife, Charmaine, is from Singapore, which we visited last fall. We live in Edmonds, just north of Seattle, Washington.

Our first child, Isis Mei Grant, was born April 9, 1996. She was 8 pounds, 5 ounces and 20 inches long. She was last measured on 10/9/96. Isis was 27.5" long and 17 lbs. 4 oz.

Seattle

There are lots of great things to do around Seattle (see The Emerald Web or U/Seattle, or Seattle's Child On-line for kid stuff) and great parks to visit when it isn't raining. Seattle has great resources on the web for checking traffic, and weather. There is even a map of downtown Seattle that I always check before heading downtown.

Interests

My main extracurricular activity is now playing with and caring for my daughter, Isis. I thought it might be a neat idea to start a bonsai tree that would then be as old as she was, so I've planted a seed of a neat little tree with tiny oranges. So that I can get good pictures of my daugther, I've taken an interest in photography and bought a new camera.

Since the birth of my daughter, I've also become much more interested in politics and classical music (hmm...). While in the car, I listen to KUOW FM, the local NPR radio station. At home or in the office (over the web!), I listen to the local classical station, KING FM. I hope to go to the Seattle Symphony sometime.

I like to cook and to eat (especially bread), both of which I'm glad I have to do. I like to read about science fiction, physics, astronomy, fantasy, ancient and medieval history, and archaeology, but I barely have time even to read my favorite comic strip, Dilbert. I also take time to watch my favorite TV show, Babylon 5, but have little time for my other interests.

When I was in Singapore, I learned how to play xiang qi (Chinese chess) and liked it quite a bit, but I haven't played it much since I got back to the US. If I ever have the time, I'd like to try to write fantasy and science-fiction stories (or even novels!). Sports I enjoy but rarely participate in include racquetball, soccer, basketball, swimming, skiing, skating, cycling, and hiking.

9309 244th St. SW, #K301, Edmonds, WA 98020, phone: (206) 542-0160

When I'm home, I run Red Hat Linux on my Tagram PC.


Last updated August 30, 1996.
Brian Kris Grant (grant@cs.washington.edu)