Interests:
Catamaran sailing, motoryachting, windsurfing, anything nautical Small real estate development Marketing (article, forum, social, joint venture, permission-based e-mail, viral, direct response) Open Source Software - blogging, forum and e-community platforms Digital Product and Courseware development History buff, political junkie, science nut

Activities:
Web portal construction Online small business mentoring / coaching Writing and publishing Social Media (study, research, testing, writing about, building) Organization/"Hitter" hunting using SOIL assets and tactics

Favorite Authors:
Loren Eiseley Sun Tzu Thomas Paine Richard Dawkins James Michener Ayn Rand Adam Smith Claude Hopkins Caroline Myss Kahlil Gibran Poe, Frost, Dickens, Dickinson, the bard, cummings Herman Wouk

Favorite Quotes:
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt (anon) In the cities and towns, there are millions who dream, but the traffic's so loud that you can't hear them scream (dan fogelberg) It's the chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of chance, and it's high time you joined in the dance (dan fogelberg) There's a heaven on earth that so few ever find, though the map's in your soul and the road's in your mind. (dan fogelberg) it's a damn cold night, Trying to figure out this life, Won't you take me by the hand - Take me somewhere new - I don't know who you are but I - Im with you (avril levigne) Don't surround yourself with yourself, Move on back two squares, Send an instant karma to me, Initial it with loving care (rock group: yes) And it's only the giving that makes us what we are (Ian Anderson) We are our own saviours as we start both our hearts beating life into each other (Ian Anderson)