CURRENT MISSION

Live it up because this ain't a rehearsal

ABOUT ME
Just living in the San Francisco area. Traveling bug hasn’t been eradicated quite yet.

I enjoy hanging with friends, sports, games, podcasts, science, literature...

I'm a strange blend of easy-going and judgmental; intellectual and silly; sensitive and politically incorrect.
Traveling a good percentage of the globe, I've learned a lot about cultural idiosyncracies and general patterns of human behavior.
Nature trips are always compelling, so my journeys to Eastern Africa, Southern Africa (camping safari), the Galapagos, and to the jungles of Thailand, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Belize and Peru have all been spectacular adventures.
I've also enjoyed all of my summer canoe trips in the remote far northern reaches of Alaska and the Yukon.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosting, meeting up with travelers

Interests

Science, literature, travel, bowling, evolutionary biology/psychology, animals, hiking, writing, racquet sports, road trips. Eating at all of the good bay area restaurants, canoeing, gambling, Scrabble, Boggle.
Going out on the town for a drink.

• animals
• writing
• literature
• drinking
• traveling
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• sports
• bowling
• biology
• psychology
• science
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Dylan

Authors--Sam Harris, Dawkins, Pinker, Nabokov, Roth, McCarthy, E.O. Wilson,
Updike, Millard, Dostoevsky

Coen bros, kurasawa, Hitchcock, Herzog films

Game of Thrones, True Detective, Fawlty Towers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Borat, Breaking Bad, Silicon Valley, Real Time
Jeopardy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Went on a 6-week camping safari in Southern Africa

Chased by a black bear in the woods of Vermont

Canoed 1000 miles of the Yukon river

Snorkeled in Thailand, Belize, Nevis/St Kitts, Costa Rica and the Galapagos

Saw gorillas and tracked chimps in the wild (in Uganda)

Bitten by a young panda in China

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe