Adventure... Excitement... A Jedi craves not these things...

-Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back

Once Upon A Time...

there was a man that simply didn't understand the idea of boundaries. He believed anything was possible and that the only limit was one's own fear.

He had grown up watching James Kirk explore strange new worlds. He sat on the edge of his seat as Indiana Jones stood over the map of Tanis. He wondered just how hostile the glaciers of Hoth really were for Luke Skywalker and his rebels. He wondered how dark the forest of Transylvania were at night and if vampires really walked them. He wondered just how tall a pyramid really was and exactly what a tomb really looked like.

Encouraged by bookish professors that had read the stories but never walked the lands, he reluctantly began assimilating a historical and cultural background.

Obsessed with books, he began building his library. Books on magic... books on languages... books on history... books on religion... They streamed into his library and he assimilated each one. Not content to simply read the translated versions of some works, he forced himself to read many of the more famous items in their original languages. Not only did this give him a more first hand experience, but it also lay the foundation for a extensive pursuit of ancient languages. Reading stories as told by the ancient peoples in their words, he began to understand the sameness that encapsulates humanity throughout different cultures across time.

In order to understand humanity, he decided that he had to understand the religions which controlled it.

Fate also decided to intervene and offered him the chance to begin exploring strange, new places. Crossing the globe frequently, he became a witness to modern history. Watching the Soviet Union decay first hand, he was there as East Germany became a memory.

"Language is the key that opens the door to new worlds..."

-T.H. Lawrence from the Adventures of Young Indiana Jones

He stood face to face with Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia. He experienced martial law in Poland and walked the streets of communist Hungary.

From Tokyo to Stonehenge, he played the accidental tourist across the globe.

And then for a while it stopped.

Over the next few years, his arsenal was strengthened. Fueled in part by a comment he had remembered from an episode of Young Indiana Jones, his languages skills were improved. To understand the Egyptians, he had to understand what they said about their religion. And because there were so many aspects to a religion that had lasted thousands of years, it became all the more important to learn hieroglyphics.

And once he new enough about the culture, it was time for the real adventure to begin.

'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'

-PB Shelley, Ozymandias

Not letting the backdrop of increased tensions in the Middle East stop him, he braved the deserts, scorpions and sandstorms to experience first hands the magic of Egypt. His travels even carried him to the almost mythical city of Tanis but try as hard as he might, the map room was no where to be found.

Once the avalanche of adventure started, he could never look back. From the Seine to waters that fill the Basilica Cistern, he found a peace within himself traveling that he could never find at home. Looking down upon the Mediterranean from the cliffs of Knidos, even the trickles of blood could not obscure the promises of adventure that waited over the horizon.

Once the avalanche has started, it is too late for the pebbles to vote…

-Kosh, Babylon 5

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

-Euripides (485 BC - 406 BC)

Forever forswearing jungle, it was of little surprise that less than a year later, he was trekking through the dense jungles of the Belize exploring the Mayan ruins. Some people simply never learn.

Over the years, his sense of adventure has carried him to 5 continents and dozens of countries. While the reality of world politics and the rise of religious extremism has made the adventure a bit more dangerous, in many ways it has made his mission more important.

When not traveling the globe, he spends the "gray time" as a consultant to very large corporations to help improve efficiency.

In addition, his passion for music and belief in the struggle of musicians, has prompted him to get involved in the the music business and in commercial radio over the years. This portion of his life has allowed him to interact with such notable musicians as Tori Amos, Regina Spektor, Aimee Mann, Chantal Kreviazuk, Shirley Manson and Damien Rice. While it is not a career, it has been a corner stone in the foundation of his life.

I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floatin' around accidental-like on a breeze. But I, I think maybe it's both, maybe both happening at the same time. …

-Forrest Gump