Philanthropy, art, science, leadership. I'm especially interested in genographic research. (We're all related!) I have a broken family, but I'm searching for relatives. I already found my lost brother, Santos, who was put up for adoption in Spain. Specificly: Guitar, motorcycles, bicycling, organic gardening, cooking (and preparing sushi!), wine, Scottish whiskey, coffee, tea, swing, salsa, and other types of ballroom dancing, structured data, writing, reading, programming, painting, coloring with crayons.
Musicians, artists, open-minded thinkers of all types. If this description fits you and you think I'm an acceptable person, I'd love to hear from you. If you request friend status, I'd really appreciate it if you'd please write a quick personal message so I can tell you're human and serious. Please use at least sixth grade grammar, spelling, and punctuation so that I don't accidentally mistake you for a whore-bot and have you reported as spam. Thank you.
Rock&Roll, Classical, Jazz, Folk, World: Pink Martini, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Bob Dylan, Rufus Wainwright, Nico, The Postal Service, Ben Folds Five, The Buena Vista Social Club, The Dresden Dolls, Mutato Muzika Orchestra, Danny Elfman/Oingo Boingo, The Minibosses, The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Bruce Hornsby, Randy Newman, Enya, The Eagles, The Beatles, Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Ravel, Handel, Nat King Cole, Coldplay, Garbage, KMFDM, Fleetwood Mac, Sting, Ozzy, Metallica, John Pizziarelli, Led Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Frank Sinatra, Elvis,
Doctor Zhivago, Pay It Foward, Office Space, ANY Tim Burton movie scored by Danny Elfman, ANY Stanley Kubrick flick, ANY David Lynch film, ANY Jean-Pierre Jeunet picture, certain erotica (but not in Kuwait due to Arab countries' ignorance, fear, and uneasiness with the beauty of sex). I Huckabees, No Direction Home by Martin Scorsesi, Ridley Scott's "A Good Year", Running With Scissors, The Royal Tenenbaums, Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles, Mar Adentro. I Just saw Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain...probably my favorite right now.
News: PBS and BBC, if ever. If these are not possible, I have a workaround to simulate fair reporting: I watch Al-Jazeera, then Fox News (not necessarily in this order, either). I take in all their inflammatory propaganda and try to estimate a median, and roll with that.
Fragrant Palm Leaves, Thich Nhat Hanh; The Kite Runner, Khaled Housseini; The Rubaiyat, Omar Khayyam; The Prophet, Khalil Gibran; The Essential Rilke; Toxic Parents, Dr. Susan Foward; The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey; Naked in Baghdad, Anne Garrels; The Radioactive Boy Scout, Ken Silverstein
Anne Garrels, Edward R. Murrow, John Kennedy, John Kerry, Bill and Melinda Gates, Dr. Susan Foward, Ph.D., Ghandi, Mother Theresa, The Dalai Lama.