As with all people, my life began without my consent. It's gotten better with age.

Key motivators: motorcycling to near-off and far-off places; flying little planes up in the same skies as big planes; eating really good food; reading really good books; watching really good movies; apparently, repeating the words "really good" at all opportunities.

I do not like corporate jargon, buzzwords, insincerity or extremism.

I like dogs.