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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Spanish; learning French
  • 56, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Founder and President of OneJobPerChild.org
  • Master's at FSU...but learned more from people...people l...
  • From Me in Champaign, ILL, Her in Pittsburgh, PA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To be great hosts and even better guests.

ABOUT ME

We are "burners" (burning man) but not hippies. We are environmental but not judgmental. We like money and understand its place- it greases life but that's it. We love people. I am Buddhist and she is an Atheist Humanist.
We have great manners but are NEVER stuffy! We laugh all day long...for real.

We aren't kinky or deviant but we sure as hell aren't uptight. We will be gracious hosts and expect to gain from you as much as we give!

PHILOSOPHY

Live each day as if for you it is the last.....
Have Fun, Kick Ass, and Build UP EVERYONE.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Trying to host people to start and show our goodwill! Travelling and Preaching the CS Word!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We have hosted often. Everyone was super. We loved having the company and hearing their stories and letting them join our lives for just a bit.... I hope to see all of them again!

Interests

Language, Philosophy, History, MUSIC (Hard house, TRIBAL etc..) Real Estate, Ontology, Trends in technology and culture, Politics, Historical technological inventions, Cultural Theory, Money, liberty and freedom.

  • culture
  • politics
  • technology
  • traveling
  • music
  • atheism
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Karl's last 20 books read:
1) Outliers
2) Getting Things Done
3) Shibumi
4) Blindness
5) Tipping Point
6) Blink
7) Boring Business Stuff (HA!)
8) The Truth Machine
9) The First Immortal
10) History of Everything

I will finish this list after I walk around the house and take stock. I read quite a bit and quite varied, business, history, spiritual.

Music: Bouncy Blinky Stuff, Scratch Perverts, Classical, out of date old wave techno, last concert I saw was Depeche Mode and The Bravery. DJs that will push the edge of whatever genre they spin.

Movies:

Ususal Supsects, Fight Club, The Razor's Edge,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Snuck into East Germany back in the day. I was an exchange student and I ducked out of East Berlin...yikes.

Teach, Learn, Share

ALL people have a story and I can learn and evolve from hearing them.

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