CURRENT MISSION In general, friendship and exposure to the wider world, but personally: 1. To publish a novel 2. To continue learning Spanish in Mexico, to learn Turkish in Istanbul with the help of my friends, and to learn Irish in Connemara 3. To master Irish traditional music on the mandolin, the fiddle, and the bazouki ABOUT ME I'm a reader/writer/thinker trying to do something worthwhile. I like live music, exploring by bike, cooking, getting into trouble, etc. I also have a job, but that's boring. PHILOSOPHY Secular humanism.