(Latin for “About Me”)
Name: Joseph Louis “Chepe” Lockett
Anagrams (sans “Chepe”):
Birthday: January 28, 1969
Family: Parents in San Marcos, TX; brother in Fort Worth, TX (who looks good in a toga, too). Married to the lovely and talented (but web-page-less) Jenn Drummond.
High School: St. Albans
College: Rice University and Loyola College in Maryland, plus a few classes here and there at the University of Houston and Houston Community College.
Degree: Spent three years in Space Physics and (!) Classics. Did way too much Theatre. Ended up with a B.A. in English, awarded 1993, and an M.Ed. in Montessori Education, awarded 2004.
Current place of residence: Bellaire, Texas.
Previous places of residence:
Emblematic Quote: "When I get a little money, I buy books. If any is left, I buy food and clothes." -- Desiderius Erasmus
Hobbies/Obsessions: acting and directing (particularly Shakespeare), role-playing games (particularly GURPS), hard science fiction, Latin and etymology, reading in science and history.
Secret (?!) Cravings: Hawaii Five-O reruns, Dr. Pepper, glass brick
Favorite authors: Sir Alan Ayckbourn, David Brin, James Burke, Lindsey Davis, L. Sprague de Camp, Neal Stephenson, Charles Stross, William Shakespeare, Tom Stoppard, Edward Tufte, Joss Whedon.
Favorite musicians (among others!): The Battlefield Band, old Boiled in Lead, Bond, George Gershwin, Christine Lavin, Dougie MacLean, Midnight Oil, Moxy Früvous, Pink Floyd, Queen, Al Stewart, Värttinä