Lifelong dabbler and dilettante, self-taught in many things (despite my 12 years of engineering school), and fortunate to have worked with some very smart folks who were willing to share.
Author of pyparsing https://github.com/pyparsing/pyparsing.
Creator of fractal-like art, see www.paulmcguireart.com.
Player of ragtime piano.
Married, with 2 great kids.