CURRENT MISSION

grow, nurture, be

ABOUT ME

Laurel and I were married May 9, 2013 in San Francisco. We had our son Asher on April 30 2014. We also have a 1 year old pitbull. If you are friendly, we would love to share our home with you.

I work as CIO of a cannabis purity/potency testing lab (steephilllab.com) and Laurel works in customer support for a food delivery website (eat24.com). My background is in mobile software engineering, Laurel holds a theater degree, works lighting gigs, does stand-up comedy and is an excellent bartender.

PHILOSOPHY

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i surf and host... y' know - couchsurfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm one of those who always wants to be on the road pursuing a journey somewhere. When I can't do that I like having travelers around to remind me what it is like. If everyone "got" couchsurfing I don't think we would have wars.

Interests

Backpacking, motorcycling, meditation, yoga, video games, cinema, bungee jumping, cooking, psychedelics, programming, fucking, cannabis, card games, board games, traveling, drinking, smoking, rock n roll, yur mom

• theater
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• drinking
• politics
• movies
• video games
• board games
• traveling
• backpacking
• bungee jumping
• business
• engineering
• religion
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Bad Religion, Social Distortion, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Beatles, Cake, Bob Dylan, The Darkness, Pogues, Flogging Molly, Johnny Cash, Motorhead, the Offsping

Books - Stuff by Heinlein, Card, Asimov, Niven, Crichton, Grisham, Clark, Robert Jorden, Tolkein, Rand, Huxley, Heller, Shulgin, Dass

Movies and TV - Arrested Development, Amores Perros, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Top Gear, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, The Apostle. Directors: Tarantino, Nolan, Scorcese, Cohens, Inaritu, Scott

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I like french fries.

Teach, Learn, Share

I will speak of politics, film, religion, business, nanotechnology, biotech, programming, video games and drugs endlessly if given the smallest bit of encouragement. I feel I have some information to teach and ideas to offer on these topics.I can also be called upon to slaughter and properly bucher livestock or program a computer should the need arise for heroics.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Puerto Rico, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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