Status: retired software engineer.

Formerly: Google, Amazon, Boston Scientific / Guidant, semiconductor industry, Tektronix, University of Arizona. Also: Seattle, St. Paul, Portland.

Interests: Spanish language, physics and math, walking and hiking, agave-based spirits, good food, reading, good movies, Mexico.

I like: taco trucks, Google maps, Linux, Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, Food Wishes, Andrea Camilleri, the Oregon coast.

I don’t like: Facebook, Apple, corporate consultants, suburbs, Jordan Peterson, synth drums, Russiagate conspiracy theorists.

I miss: all of my dogs, departed friends, distant friends.

I look forward to: the end of the pandemic, camping, longer hikes, better fitness.