This site is Paul's place in cyberspace! If you intended to visit Chez Paul, Paul's French restaurant, then please drop the 's' and retry 'www.chezpaul.net.' I used to have my own business site and mirror site at www.ppsenterprises.com and ppsenterprises.home.att.net, respectively. However, I discontinued my business in late 2000 and was recruited to serve Uncle Sam. Now, www.chezpauls.net, *.info, *.com, and ppsenterprises.home.att.net are personal web pages or sites.
Yes, I am Paul Schafer, but not my namesake from Canada and who entertain's late-night TV goers. As far as I know, he is sighted. I am not. He is a musician, and I am not. However, we both do appreciate music. My musical taste are eclectic, ranging from Gregorian Chants up to various popular genres in the U.S. and from around the world.
I am a fan of Star Trek, all the TV series and movies and many of the Simon & Shooster abridged audio books, a fan of Star Wars, the movies and audio books, and a B5 fan, the TV series and feature-length TV movies. On and off since 1976, about when the first box set was released, I have been known to engage my imagination and role-play in some D&D/AD&D, also known as Dungeons or Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. I've enjoyed playing other RPGs as well, though not as much as with D&D.
By now, you may have concluded that "this guy, Paul, is a geek." Well, if the skis and boots fit, then I say put them on and rip it up proudly. Others of you may realize that labels are useful and have their limits; and people can ride in different skis an boots proudly... Please read on.
Like some of you, I enjoy keeping current with news in the socio/political, scientific, and technological domains. Mostly, I keep current via listening to certain shows on National Public Radio (NPR), some TV news, and various web sites, including audio broadcasts, recently and increasingly so.
I enjoy or have enjoyed certain non-sedate activities as well, including lap swimming, playing Judo, English horseback riding/jumping, canoeing & kyaking, and my athletic passion is alpine skiing.