Steak, Sports and Three Saved Lives

Gary enjoys cooking and can become intensely interested in cooking equipment.

It is the only hobby for which he currently has much time, although feeding a family while simultaneously serving as its transportation department may qualify as advanced professional training.

His favorite food is steak.

Medium rare.

Cooking it beyond that point is, in Gary’s opinion, a shame.

He follows every major Dallas-area sports team: the Mavericks, Stars, Rangers and Cowboys.

His favorite movies include Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, True Romance and A Bronx Tale. His television favorites include It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Breaking Bad, Lost and The Walking Dead. He loves Hawaii and believes it is difficult to find a better place to visit.

Fans may be surprised to learn that Gary has saved three people’s lives by performing the Heimlich maneuver.

Three.

That is an extraordinary number of choking emergencies for one drummer to encounter.

It also suggests everyone should sit near Gary at dinner.

Asked what advice he would give his younger self, Gary offers three lessons:

Be kinder to yourself.

Do not take everything so seriously. Serious things can still contain fun.

And never buy a Samsung refrigerator.

Some wisdom can only come from experience.