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Overview
About Me
✈️☀️🐻 WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO HOST AS I AM MOVING TO MADRID IN AUGUST 2017 🐻☀️✈️
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CURRENT MISSION
"Know thyself" - and - "live an examined life."
ABOUT ME
Insightful, intense, interested.
A fun fact: I grew up with no TV. Back then I was ashamed. Now I realize it was cool. I think there's an XKCD about this.
I've provided a home for: racing pigeons, mourning doves, a cockatiel, zebra finches, geese, ducks and a peacock. Salamanders, frogs, toads, skinks, a snake, a gecko. Freshwater fish, saltwater fish, corals, various crustaceans and molluscs. Dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, gerbils (40 at one point).
PHILOSOPHY
I believe that all should pursue what interests them without restriction other than precluding others from doing the same.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Unfortunately not able to host right now. But please see my list of things to do in Calgary below!
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Couchsurfed in Portland and Seattle with some great people. Have hosted a few people too.
Interests
Reading politics, economics, science, thought. Tennis, squash, surfing, snowboarding.
- politics
- reading
- tv
- fishing
- surfing
- snowboarding
- tennis
- racquetball
- economics
- science
- squash
Music, Movies, and Books
Lapham's Quarterly. "Postwar" by Judt. "The Big Short" by Lewis. "The Ascent of Money" by Ferguson. "God is Not Great" by Hitchens. "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Kahneman. "Ill Fares the Land" by Judt. "The Better Angels of our Nature" by Pinker. "The World without Us" by Weisman. Etc.
Real documentaries (that actually explore a subject and don't just track someone/something over a period, like a reality show).
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
I do not necessarily pursue experiences alone. I think sometimes hedonistic pursuits can be overvalued. I have done and seen things that I think are worth of note, but I place more value on the things I've been told and the relationships I have. I still have a long way to go.
Teach, Learn, Share
Here are some ideas for things to do in downtown Calgary that you might not read about on the "to-do" tourist sites:
MEC is a good place to get outdoor gear: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/MEC+Calgary/@51.0394803,-114.0823434,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x2c2d94f6697dfc66!8m2!3d51.0441866!4d-114.0808162?hl=en
17th avenue is a high street, you could start at this point and walk any direction for about 8 blocks: https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0394803,-114.0823434,15z?hl=en
Kensington has a high street: https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/HI-Calgary+City+Centre/51.0522855,-114.085901/@51.0453491,-114.0880671,15z/data=!4m10!4m9!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x43bedc87d63bf251!2m2!1d-114.0520956!2d51.0464327!1m0!3e2!5i1?hl=en
Inglewood has a high street: https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/HI-Calgary+City+Centre/51.0412738,-114.0344092/@51.0438321,-114.047634,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x43bedc87d63bf251!2m2!1d-114.0520956!2d51.0464327!1m0!3e2?hl=en
Mission has a high street: https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/HI-Calgary+City+Centre/51.0341182,-114.0715213/@51.0358448,-114.0695637,16z/data=!4m10!4m9!1m5!1m1!1s0x0:0x43bedc87d63bf251!2m2!1d-114.0520956!2d51.0464327!1m0!3e2!5i2?hl=en
Good microbrewery here: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Last+Best+Brewing+%26+Distilling/@51.0414657,-114.0752164,15.68z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x11ed44baf2978c9c!8m2!3d51.0424496!4d-114.0746632?hl=en
Cool old house turned into bar here: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Hop+In+Brew+Pub/@51.0413772,-114.0671437,19.19z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x438709b0ef457fa8!8m2!3d51.041322!4d-114.0667371?hl=en
Bar with 100 beers and bowling alley here: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/National+Beerhall/@51.0428782,-114.0709917,17.94z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x25e95b8ce0ba6864!8m2!3d51.0432945!4d-114.070141?hl=en
Good coffee here: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Analog+Coffee/@51.0389899,-114.0773738,17.06z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf59f18e6e7e9969e!8m2!3d51.037958!4d-114.0792082?hl=en
Good coffee also here: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/charbar/@51.0471767,-114.052281,17.72z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xee95471e877fc172!8m2!3d51.0479361!4d-114.0497763?hl=en
This would be a nice walk if the weather is good: https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/51.0449453,-114.0428138/51.0541005,-114.0674266/@51.0495282,-114.0595765,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e2?hl=en
Chinatown is here: https://www.google.ca/maps/@51.0502582,-114.0628455,18.38z?hl=en
What I Can Share with Hosts
I can mix cocktails! Possibly sing if we have enough to drink! And engage in conversation.
Countries I’ve Visited
Canada, China, Mexico, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
Canada