Often I step aside from the crowd to marvel at the vibrant, enchanting, beauty of the scenery or a particular quirk of the architecture, and then turn back and notice the vital, compelling, extravagance of the crowd.

I'm divorced 9+ years. My two fabulous daughters are grown and in Seattle and Denver.

I enjoy digging deep into subjects, especially hearing people talk about what they are most interested in. While I like the quiet times, human interaction recharges me. I love to dance.

Enjoying dancing and the music at contra dances. Calling some said dances. Figuring out what is going to be my next big thing.

Idea translation: rephrasing an idea that some people in the conversation just aren't getting. Solving computer hardware/software problems. Discussing business concepts.

My dimples. That I'm listening.

The Daily Show, The Colbert Report. The Princess Bride.
Chinatown. Dogma. Rocky Horror Picture Show. Harold and Maude. Fight Club. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Clerks. Dr. Who. This AmericanLife. Car Talk. Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. TED Talks. Ashley's Book of Knots. The Art of Game Design. Nudge. On Food and Cooking. Terry Prachett. Neil Gaiman. Leonard Cohen. Paul Simon. The Beatles. The Traveling Wilburys (separately and together). Jimmy Buffet. Dr. John. Stray Cats. Marsha Ball. Rolling Stones. Tracy Chapman. Elvis. Elvis. Sonny Landreth. Many, many, many more. The richness and availability of our popular culture amazes and pleases me.

Solid earth. Clean air. Cooking fire. Fresh water. Interesting food. Intriguing words.

The human condition.

A typical Friday night? Hardly. Often dancing, but the choices are myriad.

I was a geek when geek wasn't cool.

You are more than willing to couple dance in public and live somewhere the T frequently serves.