CURRENT MISSION Demonstrate that Karma is real. ABOUT ME I usually describe myself by listing the things I do for fun - rockclimbing, motorcycling (BMW & Yamaha sportbikes), bicycling (road and mountain), adventure racing, paragliding, swimming, juggling, wilderness backpacking on foot or snowshoes - and helping (and teaching, in some cases) other folks to enjoy these same things. So I guess that might summarize as "very active/outdoorsy". I can also be pretty artsy: I used to sing and play guitar at open mic nights at the local cafes, even though I suck. I mostly sing my own sad songs, all written during "hard times" (songwriting as therapy, you know). I play a little piano and drums (we have both in our living room, traveling musicians please come and jam) - but I am especially bad at these instruments. On the other hand, I'm a pretty good juggler! Bring your clubs, torches, machetes - I love passing clubs and there are nice parks nearby for such frivolity. I also really enjoy photography, preferably adventure-travel, and the more adventurous the better! Portraits are my favorite challenge. But landscape, macro-nature, architecture/city-scapes also get me pretty excited! On the socio-political side: I believe VERY strongly that gays should have exactly the same rights and privileges as straights, though I am straight myself. I believe marijuana should be legalized and carefully controlled, though I do not smoke it myself, and surely never will (for one thing, I HATE THE SMELL! HINT HINT! I also hate the smell of cigarettes - visitors must smoke outside and away from any open windows). I also believe very strongly in individual responsibility, so I have a hard time with easily-abused social welfare programs. So you might say I'm very liberal, by most American standards. But I'm also very critical of "liberals" who would make life too "easy" for lazy or selfish people. Yeah, something like that. And yeah, I work too. To earn money to fund the fun stuff, I'm co-founder of a small mobile software company. We build a product for remote sensing, environmental monitoring, and asset tracking. www.valarm.net - I also do some software development "freelance" work to earn extra cash when necessary. PHILOSOPHY "What goes around, comes around." --Proverb (Karma!) Travel is fatal to bigotry. -- Mark Twain Live like you will die tomorrow. Learn like you will live forever. (frequently attributed to Gandhi)