HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Create your own visitor map! I've always threatened to do a "couch tour". Now I can! I've been couchsurfing since the mid-80's when I first heard the term in Venice Beach, Ca. My homes have always been open to the wayward wanderer. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE What kind of pirate am I? You decide!You can also view a breakdown of results or put one of these on your own page!Brought to you by Rum and Monkey In a parallel dimension, I toured around the U.S. following the Greatful Dead and other concert tours like Lallapalooza, HORDE Fest, and Lillith Fair. I've been a guest in many homes, vans, tour buses - squeeze me in anywhere! “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” - Mark Twain “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” - Paul Theroux

way too many to list, can't we have a separate page for each? Okay, okay, I'll try... Top 10 favorite movies of all time (not in any particular order) 1) Excalibur 2) Tombstone 3) Casablanca 4) Elizabeth 5) Wuthering Heights (1939) 6) The Matrix 7) The Princess Bride 8) This is Spinal Tap 9) The Blues Brothers 10) Breakfast at Tiffany's I will read anything by: Ray Bradbury, Milan Kundera, Isabelle Allende, Tom Robbins, Amy Tan, Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain, Anais Nin I still enjoy: Harriet the Spy, A Wrinkle in Time/ A Wind in the Door/ A Swiftly Tilting Planet, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Little Prince Books that changed my life and influenced my way of thinking: Illusions - Richard Bach The Illuminatus Trilogy - Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Albee The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test - Thomas Wolfe The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein Series, trilogies, and the like: Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling Hitchhiker's Guide - Douglas Adams Dune - Frank Herbert Recent gems: Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami The Electric Michealangelo - Sarah Hall Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs Alas, Babylon - Pat Frank Pigs in Heaven - Barbara Kinsolving The 5th Book of Peace - Maxine Hong Kingston Wind, Sand, and Stars - Antoine de Saint Exupery In no way is this list complete...