Platypus: Both my father and grandfather are big time woodworkers. According to them, a workshop is as basic part of a house as bathrooms and bedrooms. I've never had my interest in it personally, perhaps I'm breaking family tradition.
My father is short a fingertip, and has similar trouble successfully completing a project, I'm sure he can relate.
onetime: Scuba is very good, way back when I was a kid I lived along the coast in Washington State and had always wanted to be a marine biologist, mostly for the scuba.
Now, however, I live in Illinois, so scuba is out of the question unless I wish to wade through corn rows. I still snorkel on occasion, it's a lot of fun if you find Illinois water that isn't muddy.
That's really cool lurkette, I've never known somebody who was serious about it. My stained glass experience is limited to flailing a marker and actual glass back in grade school. It'd be really cool to see pictures of some of your works.