Hi there @dbruce and congratulations for making it here and joining one of the most enlightened and uplifting communities of people oyu will ever meet on the internet!
You sound like just the mulittalnted and interesting type of person we wnat to have in here too!
Every Tuesday at 14:00gmt, we hold a live #hivechat hour on Twitter with a different host every week asking everyone around the world 5 questions about Hive, so feel free to join in some time (and I'll be hosting next Tuesday..;lol..)
And welcome to you.
Don't be shy, jump in and have fun!