Other random stuff The REAL most exciting 25 seconds in college football. (Actually, more like 2 minutes).

Research

Here's a great place for graduate students to publish their work. Check it out: Journal of Unpublished Results.

Hobbies

I have an odd assortment of hobbies and favorite activities. Some of the more normal ones include hiking, camping, skiing, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, frisbee golf, darts, billiards, and swing dancing.

Some of the more unusual ones including the following:

• Surfing. (at Bacara, Devereaux, Rincon, etc.)
• Juggling. Especially at border crossings.
Unicycling.
Juggling while unicycling. (Yes, I know the costume is ridiculous, but it was for this German Volkswagon ad).
• Juggling 5 balls at every state line I cross, and other monuments.
• Playing unicycle hockey.
• Balancing odd objects on my face. (e.g., giant chess piece, starfish)
Playing with fire.
Eating fire.

I bought a 2001 Hurricane deck boat (pictured below) last fall, and have been enjoying beautiful Lake Keowee on it. Finding a good and reliable boat mechanic (like auto mechanic, or dentist, etc.) can be tricky; some charge too much, some aren't good, and others might try to take advantage of people. If you're in the Upstate of South Carolina, or NE Georgia, I recommend Frankie Sanders. He has been running his own local marine service business for the past 15 years, and has a great reputation.


Frankie's Marine Service
4058 Keowee School Road
Seneca, SC 29672

(864) 882-5756

Places I've Lived

The last year that I was physically in one US state for more than 9 months was 1998. I've lived in the Cascades, Rockies, and Appalachians. I've lived in a house walking distance from the Pacific Ocean, an apartment two blocks from the Danube, and a double-wide moble home in the desert. Add it up, and since high school, I've had 17 mailing addresses, in a grand total of 10 US zip codes. This includes the best place to live in America, and a "place where most people dream of spending just a few days." Below is a rough outline of where I've lived, since moving to South Carolina in August, 2008.

Irvine, CA 3/81--12/81
Mercer Island, WA 1/82--8/99
Claremont, CA 9/99--5/03
Budapest, Hungary 1/02--5/02
Philadelphia, PA 6/02--7/02
Los Alamos, NM 5/03--9/03
Santa Fe, NM 6/04--9/04
Santa Barbara, CA 9/03--5/07
Blacksburg, VA 6/05--9/05, 6/06--9/06, 6/07--8/08
Issaquah, WA 5/09--08/09
Trier, Germany 5/10--6/10


States I've been to (46)

Countries I've been to (33)

Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canada
China
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Holland
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Luxembourg
Malta
Mexico
Morocco
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
Vatican City