On the
lighter side of things, he spends time
gardening
and particularly enjoys roses, daylilies (of which he has a
registered variety.),
and orchids. He plays the
piano, organ, saxophone, and cello.
He was head drum major for the Famous Maroon Band, the marching band at State, for three years and is an
assistant overseeing the drum majors. He is the pianist for St. Joseph Catholic Church in Starkville, and the choir director for Immaculate Conception in West Point.
He enjoys
arranging
and
composing.
He listens to mostly classical music, and his favorite composer is Brahms. Other hobbies
include astronomy, investing, and for lack of a better phrase, fiddling
with computer stuff. He also runs
Battalio
Weather, a simple weather website. Additionally, he has developed
MBWeather,
a simple weather program for Mac OS X. Also in development is
WeatherFrames.
He considers himself reasonably artistic-not creative, but artistic.
He also loves mint chocolate chip ice cream, unsweet tea, coffee (cream, no sugar) and sherry.
