CURRENT MISSION

lurk, explore, ask, learn, meeet friends

ABOUT ME

curious forager. gatherer of facts
visited 36 states (72%)Create your own visited map of The United States

PHILOSOPHY

Mystery does not tend to hold still. We take it in when we hold still.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted four times in Providence and I have couchsurfed in Jamaica Plains and Charleston.

Interests

abandoned mines, extremeophiles, caves, Mt. Everest viewed from Tibet, geology, critters vs. craters, panspermia, pomocentricity, being the first person to see the inside of a geode

• muslim
• swimming
• geology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, No Country for Old Men, The Color of Pomegranates, Black Cat White Cat, Tideland, Beasts of the Southern Wild, A Women Under the Influence, Unmade Beds.

Books: master & margarita, mary roach, tom robbins

Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOjsUY3yHMU&feature=related

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A deer frantically swimming in the ocean towards the shore and I saw a big oak tree fall down in a cemetery.
I hiked up Mt. Antero (fourteener) and found aquamarine.
I explored spirit caves in northwestern Thailand & fit thru some tight spaces to see glittery calcite growths, an internal waterfall, and unlimited bat poo.

Teach, Learn, Share

Before Islam, Egyptians thought only of immortality. Since Islam, they think only of life after death. What is the difference? To understand the difference, you must live for many months without moisture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, France, India, Laos, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States