I live in long beach, California, with my wife Kelly who is an 8th grade teacher and can speak fluent Indonesian – my daughter Jasmine who was born in June, 2000 and can find the best in everything – and a cat named Nika who is a roguish gentleman that doesn’t vomit on carpets. I enjoy cooking, backpacking, kayaking, museums, reading to my daughter, and Vienna sausages smothered in Tabasco.