Hometown – Oakland/Berkeley Calif.- Fairbanks Alaska

About me – 2 teenagers: Mariah: 13; Matt: 16 and 1 step-son 25. Retired from construction in Alaska. Worked on the 800 mile pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez and continued working to maintain the pipe. Second career: special education teacher started out working in the Athapascan Indian villages along the Yukon River. Lived two years 150 miles north of Fairbanks on a lake with no modern conveniences: lived off the land. Married once and still married to Eva my Swiss Princess from Zurick.

Dream job – Interviewing interesting people for NPR radio

Superstition – "step on a crack you'll break your back"

Players – Jamie Moyer; Ichiro,

Teams – Mariners; Seahawks; Raiders; Celtics; 49ers

Quote – "O no, not another learning experience." "Everything starts with respect." "Let's make this world a better place."

Movies – Spartuacus; The Main who Loved Cat Dancing; Hombre; Rocky 1; Lord of the Rings trilogy; Matrix triology; Forest Gump; The Gladiator;

Music – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and other Motown

Video games – Don't play

TV shows – Seinfield; NCIS; 24; Wire; Rome;