The central people in my personal life are my wife Anita Fisher Egge and our sons Jasper and Saxon.
Jasper was born in April of 1999, in Madison, Wisconsin, and is now in fifth grade.
Saxon was born in March of 2004, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
He has a head full of curly brown hair, and his eyes have changed from blue to green and hazel.
The picture at the right shows our family in early October of 2006.
You can see more pictures of both Saxon and Jasper on their web pages.
My interests and activities are extremely varied. In fact, if you type 'Eric Egge' into Google, you will find someone who has worked with power companies in times of crisis (see page 68), served in the Marines, worked at the Geometry Center, served as an engineer on the Port of Olympia staff, immigrated to the United States from Norway, and won the Andrew Jackson Sailing Trophy. To read about other extraordinary feats, click here.
I occasionally have some spare time, which I like to spend reading. I've been known to read nonfiction, but I concentrate primarily on fiction, particularly science fiction and fantasy. My recommended reading list includes Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, James Halperin's The Truth Machine, Anna Quindlen's Black and Blue and Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow. Recently I have read The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell, Undone, by Karin Slaughter, Replay, by Ken Grimwood, and Wicked Prey, by John Sandford.
In my other spare time I enjoy watching movies. Recently Anita and I have watched Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Ladyhawke, Slumdog Millionaire, and Walk the Line. We don't review movies (except to each other), but a friend of ours does; you can read his reviews of movies like The Wrestler and Slumdog Millionaire; you can also peruse his list of the ten best movies of 2008. You might also be interested in a list of the Online Film Critics Society's Top 100 Overlooked Films of the 1990s.
In addition to reading and watching movies, I also enjoy playing Lost Cities and Carcasonne with Jasper, playing Castle Keep with Saxon, collecting stamps, cooking, baking, running, and playing the piano.
These links are of interest to me; perhaps they'll be of interest to you, too!
The
Philosophers' Playground
is a blog written by Steve Gimbel, a philosopher at Gettysburg College, which is in his words "One Part Sandbox, One Part Soapbox -- An on-going game of intellectual tag concerning ethics, science, politics, and all topics philosophical".
The Gipf Project is a set of six abstract strategy games, each of which can be played on its own, or in connection with the other games.
Postal Bulletin.
The most recent postal bulletin contains (among other things) the latest information on upcoming stamp issues and commemorative postmarks.
Jasper Johns.
This site, run by the New York Museum of Modern Art, profiles the pop artist Jasper Johns, and includes samples of his work.
The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition.
This site contains information about the latest classic Magic School Bus book, written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen.
This is the eleventh in the series of true Magic School Bus books, as opposed to the Scholastic take-offs by other authors.
Kevin Henkes.
This is the website of author Kevin Henkes, who has written several excellent children's books, and who recently won the 2005 Caldecott Medal for his book Kitten's First Full Moon.
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Last Updated: November 22, 2009