CURRENT MISSION

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

ABOUT ME

At 44, still have not decided what I want to do with my life.

Married, divorced, married again, divorced again, married again. What's the expression about doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result? Oh yea, definition of insanity.

Member of Mensa, under educated, over employed. Deeply unfit and mostly drunk (bonus points if you know where that line came from).

PHILOSOPHY

"I reject your reality and substitute my own!" - The Princess Bride

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. In fact, why don't you just stay the hell away from me." - Lats&Atts Mag

"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." - Jean Meslier

"With a rubber duck, one's never alone." - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Not enough to date! I've worked in nearly every major business city on earth - yet have rarely seen life beyond the Marriott hotel. Hoping to meet some interesting people.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only one experience to date, but a very enjoyable encounter.

Intereses

Technology. Economics. Politics. Travel. Intelligent conversation. Chess. Wine. Sailing.

• wine
• politics
• technology
• chess
• traveling
• sailing
• business
• economics
• tourism

Música, películas y libros

Currently reading Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States", The SAIC Solution, and The Good Beer Guide 2012 (well, you don't really read that . . . ).
Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita".

Algo increíble que he hecho

Started a business in Moscow just after the currency collapse in 1998.

Flew on the Concorde. Twice.

When GW Bush won re-election, I was one of those few Americans who said "I'm moving out of the USA" . . . and really did it.

Took the Red Arrow (Кра́сная стрела́) train and had a truly life changing night.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

I am a computer expert, with a focus on security. Would gladly help people remove Windows from a laptop and replace it with Linux (Ubuntu/Mint).

My wife speaks English, Russian and is working on French. She would love the opportunity to practice spoken French.

Países que he visitado

Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Países en los que he vivido

Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States