CURRENT MISSION

To Host or Be Hosted :)

ABOUT ME

I am a 43 year old male who has a beautiful wife and 4 kids - (8,4, and 2x2). I'm a nerd without the high-waters and the glasses.

My wife is 37. She's a fun-loving and fashionable manager of a boutique here in Houston, and likes video games, snowboarding, heelys, and Battlestar Galactica.

We're both vegetarians but you can cook and eat meat at our house if you care too; truthfully we eat out most days anyway :).

PHILOSOPHY

I am a humanist and a realist, in that I believe that if mankind is to solve its problems those solutions will come solely from the application of human endeavor and not handed down by some mythical figure. In most ways I am a materialist.

My overriding philosophy is that I prefer not to obsess about philosophy. If you're cool I don't care what you believe; just don't expect ME to believe it too! :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment, with all the kids we aren't really doing the CS thing right now :(.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

When I was about 20 I slept on a pool table at Woodward Skateboard camp in PA for a week; My wife has traveled extensively and has taught English and built schools in Brazil (she speaks Portuguese) and Vietnam.

Interests

DJ'ing, Portuguese Language, Japanese Language and culture, Brazil, Video Games, Graphic arts, film making, Dogs, history, Ninjas that flip out all the time.

• dogs
• arts
• culture
• film making
• cooking
• clubbing
• video games
• eating out
• billiards
• camping
• snowboarding
• skateboarding
• history
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

The Selfish Gene, New Scientist Magazine, Star Wars (duh), Battlestar Galactica, Thomas Paine's works, Ender's Game, most non-fiction on any subject, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Audrey Hepburn movies, and strangely enough chick flicks and musicals.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Started my own snowboarding company? Not sure that's amazing, but there you go.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can offer you some authors to study if you are interested in learning about rationalism or general science, I can help you learn to recognize flim-flam better and to think more critically in general. I can also teach you how to DJ with turntables, which I have done for several years, both at home and in clubs as a resident.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Canada, Greece, Japan, Mexico, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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