: About Me

Tsing Tao, a fine Chinese beer, is also the Pen Name of Tom OBrien.

Baby boomer living in central Mass.

Married with three daughters. M-T nester.

Working in the Aerospace Business, Military Sales / Technical Customer Support.

Love to write commentary and essays in the Andy Rooney, Dave Barry genre.

Currently working on a short science fiction story.

Hobbies are: Writing (of course)Computers and electronics, cooking and wine.

Picture taken while riding a cable car in San Francisco.

My passion is ...

Writing Commentary. Classic Muscle Cars. Fast cars.

I know too much about ...

Morse Code.

My parents always told me ...

You will never make a living writing.

My childhood ambition ...

Why, Astronaut of course.

My favorite memory ...

Mom cooking rigitoni or lasagna.

Why I write ...

I enjoy it more than almost anything else I do.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading John Sandford's "Prey" series. Listening to jazz.

My first job ...

Washing dishes at Hotel Heaton Hall. Stockbridge, MA.

My best moment ...

Birth of my children. Getting published.

My inspiration ...

My wife. My family.

Sports & Recreation > Baseball History History: Boston Red Sox

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Author's note. I have difficulty figuring out where exactly to post my article on Helium so if this is in the wrong place, wrong "channel" or whatever please let me know. Thanks much. Many people outside of the New England area do not understand what baseball in New England is all about. I'm not sure that New England baseball fans realize what a unique (strange) fraternity they are. I've had opportunities recently to attend ball games at Miller Stadium in Milwaukee, (Brewers) Bank of America Park in San Francisco (Giants) and SAFECO Park in Seattle. (Mariners) There are some extraordinary ...

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