Who am I?

I'm extremely opinionated, intensely passionate, unbelievably intelligent, totally hilarious, incredibly verbose and obviously humble. I'm not exaggerating my characteristics here, because I'm really the bomb, but make sure to respect my distance or you might get hit by the shrapnel of my awesomeness. It's lucky I wasn't born a trust-fund baby, because the world would probably be handing me all the keys, codes, and passwords. I'm calm and collected, fierce and stubborn. So... actually, I'm pretty much the best person in the entire world. You might ask yourself "How can someone be this cool?" -- Well, find out below!

At Home

At home I'm a handy, animal training, guitar playing maniac. I enjoy spending time with my wife, working on our home and playing games (video games or board/card games) when I can make the time. We bought a house in Rogue River in 2016, and have been renovating it from the ground up (except for the new roof).

In 2017, I got married to the most amazing woman in existence. Without her help, support, and encouragement I never would have been able to do half of the things that I've been able to over the past five years.

My wife and I have three Bengals, and two great Pyrenees "puppies," and I enjoy spending time in training with all six of them. At one point two of the Bengals were using the actual toilet, but when we moved into this place, they had to be restricted from most of the house. The cats can all come when called, Leto will sit or give high fives on command, and they all know "go to your mark." If you've never tried training cats, it's a humbling lesson in patience, persistence and consistency.

Personally

I love business and networking. It's extremely gratifying to be the guy who knows the guy that you need, no matter what the subject matter is; I probably know someone who does it. Meeting new people and forging connections is a part of my personality, and comes naturally to me.

Learning about new people and new businesses really gets me excited and interested. As you can find out on my Philosophies page, I'm really interested in experiencing other peoples' universes, and bringing light and humor into the world wherever I can.

I absolutely love solving problems. It doesn't matter if that's business problems, system problems, or personal problems. as Vanilla Ice says: "Give me a problem, yo I'll solve it."

Random Obssessions

When I find something that interests me, there's a 70/30 chance that I can get a little... obsessive. I'll research, watch videos, and read as much about the topic as I can find. I'll look for experts and follow their blogs or twitter accounts; anything to find the "trick" to the thing that I'm currently obsessing over. Here's a list of my past obsessions (the red ones I've decided to keep ongoing throughout my life):
  • Raising Rabbits
  • Raising Chickens
  • Backpacking
  • Playing Guitar
  • Doing a back-flip (on the ground)
  • Woodworking
  • Rock Climbing
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Hang Gliding
  • Scuba Diving
  • Cooking
  • Using a Scythe (Yes! Just like the Grim Reaper.)
  • Flying a Jet
  • Making good coffee (From roasting to brewing)
  • Brewing Mead and Beer
  • Mixing Tea (Loose leaf)
  • Gardening
  • Aikido