CURRENT MISSION

Invent free food.

ABOUT ME

My close friends usually speak of me in hushed reverential tones. I function as a sort of avatar of all that is good and holy in life. I am the perfect balance of personability and mysteriosity. I have trained my pets to speak and they count among my closest confidants. They usually say things like, "The hairless one speaks wisdom, let us gather round him so that he may feed us." Or "Of what use is this language you have taught us, if we are not going to be allowed to pursue a career outside of serving you." (Animal access to education is the next Civil Rights issue.)

All joking aside, I am easygoing, curious, and lighthearted. I love learning about others. I love sharing beautiful experiences. I have been a high school history teacher and an amateur musician. I've grown up all over the world.

Interests

I love literature and history and music and cinema and travel and nature and food and sailing and mountaineering and quantum theory. (This is a comprehensive list. I love these things only.)

I play stringed instruments and go hiking and ride motorcycles and all that jazz.

I'm a well rounded person.

• animals
• pets
• literature
• concerts
• civil rights
• education
• dining
• motorcycles
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• hiking
• mountaineering
• sailing
• business
• teaching
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently reading: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, The Earth Is Enough, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, The Education of Henry Adams.

Music: Tears for Fears, Vangelis, Burt Bacharach, Sufjan Stevens, Joe Tex, Blake Mills, Shostakovich, Guy Clark, Steve Reich, Nils Frahm

I consume too much media.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Summiting Cayambe in Ecuador.

Reading Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address after studying the Civil War.

Seeing Sigur Ros in concert.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can put strings on a guitar like nobody's business.