I got to ride a motorcycle through the Rocky Mountains one day. I spent part of a week on top of a mountain in Montana, where we set off a half-mile line of explosives. I spent all day snowboarding to the top of a hill in Jackson Hole Wyoming once. I watched GIANT salmon swim upstream through a canyon river in Idaho. I flew (many times) in helicopters over the Arizona Strip and Grand Canyon. I went swimming on Christmas Day at Malibu beach. I drove over Donner Pass in a terrible snowstorm, without chains on my tires. I spent $180 on dinner for 2 at a sushi restaurant. I hiked to the top of an island volcano, and slept overnight in the crater. I attended a 4 day music festival on the beaches of an island in the middle of the Atlantic. I scored 8th row tickets to a Tool concert. I've scuba dived in the Carribean, Sea of Cortez, and an abandoned rock quarry in Kentucky. I ate dinner with my toes in the water at a fancy restaurant in Aruba. I spent 2 days alone in the trees of southern Tennessee, watching the autumn leaves fall.

I make excellent margaritas. I can talk about music for hours. I brew my own sake. I can count in binary.

Stories of adventure and misadventure. Recipes for quiche. Music from Nashville that isn't country. Compassion and gratitude.

I love music; it defines my entire life. I love meeting and talking to new people and hearing their viewpoints and stories. I love traveling; seeing new places, sampling new cultures.