Low-Rent Geophysicist, quit job to adventure a bit and and try some other things out. New to the app but not entirely to Couchsurfing and not at all to the spirit of it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet people, make friends, experience that which few have, run where brave men fear to tread, be a positive influence and resource, and sleep.

Interests

• geology
• geopolitics
• law
• psychology
• science
• science fiction
• political philosophy

Music, Movies, and Books

Watership Down, Dr. Strangelove, Ween, Notes from the Underground, Liszt and Sabbath.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Multiple days underground in a large cave system following a serious injury to a member of our party.

Teach, Learn, Share

Practical philosophy, religion as an academic practice, politics as a way to decrease unnecessary suffering. But mostly history stories.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Political discussion including solid devil’s advocacy (worked on drilling rigs in west Texas for a year - if I couldn’t respectfully disagree and be accepted as a long-haired college puke from Austin with an Arabic last name, I probably wouldn’t have hung around as long as I did).
Attentive and careful listening, kindness and patience.
Handy as a bucketful of hands and happy to help

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States