Jim "alien"

My Life in 127 Words (it was a riveting 222 pages, but I took some redundancy out):

Graduated from college, spent twenty years mostly managing/upgrading computer systems.

I am an omnivore when it comes to reading. I love to find out how the world works not just computers.

My volunteering included a year escorting women into an abortion clinic past protesters. I also worked to defeat Arizona's anti-same-sex marriage amendments (won one, lost one).

Married and monogamous for 27 years and bisexual.

I am a Humanist, not a Christian.

Working out at the gym keeps me in shape.

I've always had a motorcycle and love unstructured travel. I've traveled over the US, Canada and Mexico and spent a year in Australia, Indonesia and Europe with many excellent adventures. The director of a motorcycle club I belonged to gave me the nickname “alien”.

Where do you call home?

Originally from Milwaukee, WI but I have lived in Cheyenne, WY, Seattle, WA, Melbourne, AU and now

Phoenix, AZ.

Been to Burning Man before? When? 2008 and 2009 both at PolyParadise.

When, where and why did you decide on attending: I had wanted to go for several years. Then, I met someone on a Grand Canyon rafting trip in 2007 who had gone. I couldn't get time off in 2007, I made it in 2008.

Why Burning Man? I'm looking for something new to re-energize me, now where is that Energizer bunny?

Why do you keep going back? It's the people, the diversity, the experience.

Volunteer on the Playa? I volunteer at Arctica. It's cool and I can harass the customers. :-)

I'll sum this bio up with my favorite quote:

"It's not safe out here -- it's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross, but it's not for the timid." -- Q