About Me

I currently live in Woodside, CA but originally am from Wisconsin.  My father is Norwegian and my mother Sweedish and you likely think there is no real difference between those groups but if you spent a Christmas eve listening to the two families arguing whether meat balls or lutefisk was appropriate for the noon meal, you would know different these groups perceive themselves to be.

Cyndi, my partner of 20 years, and I live high in redwood covered hills with two wonderful kitties.  I start my day careening down the hill avoiding bicyclists and skunks.  I don't resent the skunks.  On the weekends we either careen to Santa Cruz or spend it quietly drinking iced tea on the deck watching the hummingbirds and listening to the roar of motorcycles and the shouting bicyclists.  I don't resent the motorcycles.

I earn my keep as a manager of Information Technologists.  That is: I am a computer geek.  Or at least I hang with geeks.  I've been working with Internet companies pre-millenium and for brick and mortar companies 15 years before that.

Within six months of each other, my parents passed away suddenly and unexpectedly leaving myself and my two sisters orphans while we were only in our sixth decads. Ann, the oldest of my two younger sisters, lives in Minneapolis with Dennis.  My other sister, Jane, lives in London with Ralph.  Cyndi hails from the Louisville area but sadly she didn't inherit any stills or horses and has to earn a living like the rest of us ....  Wait a minute!  Cyndi earns a living??


Some things I like

A short selection of music videos.  At least listen to Fiesta de Locas ... PG-13 is so appealing and I like the guy who brought his chicken to the concert.

Aidee and Jane at the Howard St Coffee Roastery and Olga at Rainbow's End.  Angels.  Devils.

Laying in the hammock at 3am at the top of the Santa Cruz mountains waiting for shooting stars.

Guadalajara drinking limonadas in the afternoon and mojitos in the evening.

Flying into SFO from anywhere with noise canceling headphones and the mp3 player set to shuffle.


Cyndi at Machu Pichu

Bruiser and Evil Cat
(Suerte and Lilly)

My Parents