Comparative study of religion (I studied lots of theory and a lot of different religions. My focus is mainly on Hinduism & Indian religion and philosophy)
Classical Indian Music (history, theory, and practice. And I play tabla)
Sanskrit
Artsy European film
eh, I can’t claim to be an expert on anything except my profession, which is clinical psychology.
I’ll put myself forth as the Straight Dope expert on the tv show “Friends”, Mennonite cooking, and gardening in Zone 3. It ain’t much, but it’s about all I got.
I am the straightdope expert in being a stay at home dad.
Also, I might have some kind of a degree in chemistry. I think my wife might have the same degree.
I’m still trying to figure out how to pronounce “Missourah” and when to say “yall”.
I’m a dilettante.
I am your go-to girl for grammar, a journeyman at Tolkien knowledge, becoming quickly more educated on tailoring techniques and medieval and Renaissance clothing of Western Europe.
I can also give advice on billing and account policy for World of Warcraft and I can anecdote happily about the early days of City of Heroes.
I can tell you lots of things about Austin and more than your average bear about Shakespearean imagery.
I know Latin and I once knew ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
I can answer ANY question about the Discworld.
What was Vimes’ preferred booze when he was a drunk? (Hint: He still keeps a bottle of it in his desk drawer.)
You just throw them in randomly, y’all.
Let’s xee — I can answer questions about daily newspapers in small towns and schmooze about radio in Oregon and Washington since the mid-1960s.
Worked with Quark Xpress daily for nearly 20 years, since version 1.0, but the company has been stuck in Quark 4 since it came out, so that’s not much of a help.
Writing a local business column (17 years in January)
At one time I thought I was a Heinlein geek, but on this board I’m merely meh-level.
Pretty decent on Travis Magee, though.
Smattering of numismatics, but nowhere near pros like Samclem.
That’s about it.
(Jimkin) Bearhugger’s Old Peculiar. It’s a whisky and it sounds pretty good.
That’s straight off the top of my head.
ETA: There was also the very nice whisky that the villain in Feet of Clay snuck into his desk to frame him for the Patrician’s not-murder. He ended up breaking the bottle, soaking his carpet in the whisky and making the office smell like Christmas.
Now he’s haunted by the presence of departed spirits.