About Me
A couple of years ago I quit my job, sold my house and car, and moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina to teach English and study philosophy at the University, I got a maid to clean my house, do my laundry and cook me breakfast for 2 hours for 20 Argentine pesos, or $7 US. I learned how to dance the Argentine tango and I always tango in custom made suits with my initials (DM) on them that my tailor in Argentina fits me for and my virtual assistant in India sends to tailors in Thailand who assemble the clothes and then send back to me. After I became totally fluent in Argentine Spanish I moved to Kyoto Japan to once again, teach english and promote literacy, and to meditate with the Zen monks and learn aikido, I wear kimonos, practice calligraphy and became skilled in the arts of samurai warriors. After I attained fluency in Japanese, I embarked on a journey, beginning on New Year’s Eve in New York and went to all of the giant festivals across the world for a year, I documented my experiences then wrote a book about it (Sideways Thinking): running with the bulls in Spain, Carnaval in Rio, Chinese New Year’s in Bei-Jing; after achieving notoriety as an author, I spent the next few years in poorer countries promoting literacy, delivering books to small impoverished places that otherwise would never receive the joy of knowing how to read, to be transported to a fictional land through words, or to have the ability to educate and improve themselves through reading. I now donate my time and money to help the children of Sierra Leone get an eduction and show them that there are options out there for them other than the life they have become accustomed to. I adopted a girl from China who had been unwanted due to the still stringent birth laws. I now dedicate my life to world travel and philanthropy.
