Welcome to Chuck Divine's Home Page

I've created this page to greet visitors to my site. It's a work in progress.

These days I'm starting this page with things from my serious side. I'm involved again with the aerospace industry. It's just as a volunteer so far, but I think that will change. Anyway, here are some of the the groups I'm somewhat active with:

• The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. I'm now the Vice Chair, Public Policy Chair and Webmaster for the Baltimore Section.
• The American Astronautical Society
• The National Space Society
• The Space Frontier Foundation
• Prospace -- SFF's lobbying arm.

I'm busy with a variety of amusing and interesting activities. I took up hashing in 1998. What's hashing? It's an activity for deranged runners. We're known as "The Drinking Club with a Running Problem." To find out more about us, check out our local Web pages. You can go to Flying Booger's site for a look at world wide hashing. For those of you who haven't had the good fortune, Flying Booger's a really great guy. I've hashed in the U.S., England and France so far. If you've half a mind to join us, that's all you need. You might also check out my Red Dress Run pictures:

• 2005 Red Dress
• 2005 Red Dress Full Moon Prelewd

The Red Dress Run is a real howl!

Here are some other recent events:

• 2005 DC Area Beer Mile
• 2005 America's Interhash

I'm now including some accounts of my various hash adventures:

• The Truro Total Eclipse Hash
• Bowling in the French Alps
• Everyday is Wednesday Salutes NASA on the Occasion of the 31st Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Landing

Another source of amusement these days is Mensa. I've just taken on the role of Membership Officer for Metropolitan Washington Mensa. I hope to make both the local Mensa group and larger Mensa organizations stronger and healthier than they already are. Anyway, here are some links to Mensa:

• Metropolitan Washington Mensa
• American Mensa
• Central NJ Mensa

When I'm not hashing or being involved in Mensa, I pursue my hobby of science fiction art. I now do computer image manipulation.

I've even done a bit of SF writing of sorts. A few years back I got one of those annoying e-mails from Nigeria. You know, the kind that offer you a piece of the action in exchange for your bank account. Anyway, I responded -- but not as Chuck Divine. I responded as Chuck, Vulcan Senator, Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Earth, Federation of Sentient Planets. I've put my part of the whole correspondence up as the Ambassador Chuck e-mails. Enjoy, or not, as you desire. It's not costing you anything but your time.

Still in the SF/space vein, I've now written (or to be more honest about it modified) a song! Remember Burt Rutan's Space Ship One? Of course you do. Remember Janis Joplin's "Mercedes Benz"? I hope you do. If you don't, you really did take too many drugs in the 60s!. Anyway, with a little help from Janis, I've come up with a paean to Space Ship One! It's called Rutan Spaceship! I hope you get a kick out of it!

Finally, check out Slashdot. My user name is ChuckDivine.

Not bored yet? I'm also involved in other stuff as well. For example:

• St. Mark's Episcopal Church: St. Mark's is a rather unusual church on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. They not only welcome traditional Episcopalians, but also anyone interested in spiritual matters. You can even find atheists there. At least one has even been elected to the vestry (the church's governing board) and written a book about it.
• The Rutgers Club of Washington, DC. I'm now the Webmaster for the Club site. I also fulfill the role of Capitol Alumni Network Representative.

Finally, I'm doing a bit of consulting. Part of me wonders whether I should look for a work again in a more corporate setting. I've created two resumes:

• One that stresses my technical side or in Microsoft Office format
• One that shows my roles as a leader, writer and public speaker or in Microsoft Office format