Michael

Jefferson-Houston Elem., Attended 1975 - 1978
Francis C Hammond Middle, Attended 1979 - 1981
Redwood High, Attended 1983 - 1985, Class of 1985

Suginami Aikikai, Aikido Shin Bu Kan, Skid Row Dojo

California State University - San Francisco State University, Attended 1988 - 1997, Class of 1997, Bachelor's Degree, Geography
College of Marin, Attended 1985 - 1988, Other, Theatre

non-profit hero

Hands On Bay Area, Project Open Hand, SF Food Bank, SF Rec. & Park Dept.

mapping, aikido, urban issues, urban adventure, community service, democracy, theatre, zen, vipassana, Bucky Fuller, visual communication, quixotic world-saving

"Bowling Alone" Robert Putnam, "The Handmaid's Tale" Margaret Atwood, "Critical Path" R. Buckminster Fuller, "The Screwtape Letters" C. S. Lewis, "Boonville" Robert Mailer Anderson

Mirrormask, The American Astronaut, The Hudsucker Proxy, Ran, Amelie, Bob le Flambeur, Master and Commander, The Third Man, Seven Samurai, Bagdad Cafe, Brazil, Down by Law

Taj Mahal, Dar Williams, Etta James, Sly & the Family Stone, the Specials, Martin Sexton, Shawn Colvin, Ledisi, Carole King, Jared Gulardo

No-Really, Knuckles, Mikey, Safari Boy, Johnny-on-the-Spot, Moe... Huh? Oh! I thought it said Favorite Nicknames....

Been in a transit accident and jumped out.
Can entertain small children at a distance.
No stranger to the words, "increase your fuzzy tolerance".
No one ever died in my company.
Made the cover of the Washington Post's Metro section at um age nine.
Didn't know SF Mayor Gavin Newsom in high school, but sat next to him at graduation.
O-positive universal donor.
Have been known at times to be extrordinarily happy for no good reason.

Spiritualists, if it's true that religion is for people who fear Hell, and spirituality is for people who've been there. People who suffer defeat gracefully, who fall down seven times and get up eight.