CURRENT MISSION

extend hospitality to decent people who may one day reciprocate

ABOUT ME

keen observer; kind of fat but still light on my feet when dancing; sedentary & contemplative by nature; mostly of good humor but sometimes moody; sharp, funny wit but more inclined to listen in gatherings of more than 4; generally comfortable with myself

PHILOSOPHY

I can not improve much on Socrates & Plato's first precept: to know myself. That remains most important. Then, honestly considering my own nature, I take what I will from inherited wisdom with both respect and skepticism. I try to reach a clear understand of my experiences. I try to be a keen observer of the human condition and of the world at large. From that totality I strive to contruct my own distinct, personal values on how to deal with myself and with others. As time passes and brings new experiences, and as I age and mature, I have had to recognize errors I made in my past behavior, observations and conclusions. Therefore, I know that even now my beliefs and what I believe to be factual are certain to contain errors. I must try to keep making improvements in my way of thinking and in my conduct. To the extent I succeed I am more at peace with my life, myself, others and the world at large.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

During the 40+ years I have travelled in rural Mexico I have never lacked for a roof over my head. In rural Mexico the saying, "Mi casa es su casa" (My home is your home.), is much more than a pleasant expression of hospitality. People live it.

兴趣

family (my own by blood and others by adoption), people, the written word, music, jembe drum, chess, the kitchen, travel, dance, & occasional bouts of boozing with select company

• dancing
• walking
• chess
• traveling
• music

音乐、电影和书籍

Movies: action thrillers, cops & robbers, blood & gore killers, kung fu fighters, alien threats, supernatural horrors, and none such, pu--leeease, don't bore me with such shit. Last 2 movies I paid to see in a theater and didn't walk out before they ended: City of God, Brokeback Mountain. Music: jazz (all eras & genres of American & Brazilian), classical, Cuban & Caribean salsa, merenge & bolero, blues, classic rock, Afro-pop, some contemporary rock, Mexican ranchera, bandita & grupero, Tejano. Sample of authors recently read: Frederik Pohl, Salman Rushdie, Philip K. Dick, Jorge Luis Borges, John Updike, Daniel J. Boorstin, Frank Herbert, Jean-Paul Sartre, Mario Vargas Llosa, & Samuel R. Delany

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

A pyramid of the Wallendas walking a tightrope over Niagra Falls; Neil Armstrong's 1st step on the moon; a mongoose taking down a cobra; the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon near Toluca, Mexico.

教，学，和分享

Time shared face to face is the best way to teach, learn and share with one another.