Owner in a small software company
Had a university day job but left to finish my PhD and expand my software work
Rational,Not boring or mainstream, Straight
Gourmand & Vegetarian, flexible from mustard green juice to fine wine
Frugal but not cheap.
Dog Person
Non-breeder, Non-smoker, Precise but not fussy

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Hosting - I have a home with available space in a great and safe location in Tampa, so why not share it.

Surfing - I'm a good listener, and a good interlocutor, and I love a good story. (I love audiobooks, and a good story is like an audiobook, but with a pulse.)

Interests

Art, Music, Movies, Books, Comedy

Traveling , Gardening, Cooking , Working out

• dogs
• arts
• books
• cooking
• wine
• vegetarian
• working out
• gardening
• movies
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• boxing
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

This is what I like to do most with my free time, and here are some samples of things I like:

Music - 'Alternative' and Edgy, with a beat
Examples: Jungle, Allday, James Holden, Markus Schulz, The House of Love, Fad Gadget, March Violets, Wolfsheim, Sisters of Mercy, Zeb, Dj Shadow, Hybrid, RD Burman, Renegade Soundwave, Deadbolt, Death in June, The Smiths, Doves, Cabaret Voltaire, Minor Threat, Grace Jones, Devo, Man or Astroman. I also have and know lots of gems, obscure & otherwise, in these genres as well as nuggets all around from Bollywood to Gangster Rap to Drum & Bass to Vocal Trance.

Books-Non-Fiction:
Dan Ariely - Predictably Irrational | Daniel Kahneman - Thinking, Fast and Slow
Esther Perel - Mating in Captivity | Peter Mayle - French Lessons
Jacques Pepin - The Apprentice, My Life in the Kitchen
Authors:John Kenneth Galbraith, Steven Pinker, Richard Dawkins, Jared Diamond, Jack Trout, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Topics: Permaculture, Biology, Management & Social Psychology & Habits, The Edge Question books, Biographies and books about professions I do not and will not have.

Books-Fiction:
Chuck Palahniuk - Survivor | John Grisham - The Brethren
Stephen J Cannell - King Con | Joseph Finder - Paranoia
Peter Mayle - The Vintage Caper | Authors: Philip K Dick, O'Henry
Topics: Interesting things - Non-Police, Non-Terrorism, Non-Jingoistic/Patriotic

Comedy:
Tom Segura, George Carlin, Doug Stanhope, Little Esther and many more

Movies-Cool Mainstream:
Inception, The Game, Ronin, Enemy Of The State, Adjustment Bureau, Gone Girl, Fight Club, Seconds

Movies-Different/Indie:
Half Spirit: Voice of the Spider, Fantastic Planet, The Piano, Buried, Killing Zoe

Movies-Documentary & Sport:
Citizen Four, Faster, Phantom India, Searching for Sugar Man, Super Size Me, Somm, and Health documentaries such as Food Inc & Fat Sick and Nearly Dead and all those kind of films. I like Surf, Skate, Ski, Parkour and Dance documentary films.

Movies-Other:
Fern Gully to Saw to Wall-E to Pathology

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was in Thekkady, Kerala eating fresh green peppercorns I had plucked off the vine when my fiancee and I had an impromptu face off with a band of monkeys who dropped from the trees.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can cook you a proper Indian meal using none of the ground spice mixes that come out of a box.

What I Can Share with Hosts

After 2-3 really good books a week, for 12 years, and with lots of travel, experience and a keen mind, I know a whole lot about a whole lot.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, India, United States