Jeff

Valley High School, M.I.T.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Attended 1981 - 1986, Class of 1986, Master's Degree, EECS

engineering

singing, weight lifting, hunting, soccer

The Blind Watchmaker, The Name of the Rose, Dyaspora, Atlas Shrugged, Guns Germs and Steel, Ender's Game

Reservoir Dogs, Heathers

Smashmouth, Avril Levign

Amazing Race

Here is some advice I like, you can try to guess where it is
from.

Wear sunscreen!
If I could offer you only one tip for the future
sunscreen would be it.
The longterm benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists,
where as the rest of my advice has no basis other than
my own meandering experience.
I will dispense this advice now...

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth
oh, never mind,
you will never understand the power and beauty of your youth
until they have faded.
But trust me,
in twenty years you will look back at photos of yourself
and recall in a way you can't grasp now
how much possibility lay before you
and how fabulous you really looked.

You are NOT as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future...
or worry,
but know that worrying is as effective
as trying to solve an algebra equation buy chewing bubble gum.
The real troubles in you life
are apt to be things that never crossed worried mind...
the kind that blind-side you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other peoples hearts,
don't put up with people that are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy...
Sometimes your ahead,
Sometimes you are behind.
The race is long,
but in the end...its only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive.
Forget the insults.
If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters.
Trough away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what to do with your life.
The most interesting people I know
didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with there lives...
Some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to you knees...
you'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't.
Maybe you'll divorce at 40...
maybe you'll dance the funky chic