| I am | a writer I've written bits for 43folders, Forbes, and Vitamin—along with various academic journals in psychology and political science. I'm currently writing a book-length project titled How to Be Human: A Manual for Thinking Mammals, on how thinking about evolution, brain science, and our species' place in the universe can have deep implications—both philosophical and practical—for how we live and find meaning in our lives. |
| I am | pretty sure that Claiming to be "offended" is just a morally lazy way to tell another person to shut up without having to prove that what they said is false. |
| I am | Founder of Norbauer Inc A Ruby on Rails consultancy based in Boston. |
| I was | On the staff of a British Member of Parliament Where I headed the foreign affairs section, wrote speeches, and occasionally got to sit in on briefings with presidents and prime ministers. |
| I enjoy | Sherlock Holmes. Port wine. And French phonetics. |
| I am | pretty sure that God is just pretend. But that's no excuse for humans not to treat each other nicely or take care of the planet. |
| I've lived | in London, New York, and coastal France. |
| I am | Founder of Lovetastic.com The first online dating community for gay men looking for life-long love. Technically an investor-funded web-2.0 start-up based in Lower Manhattan, but really just an earnest little labor of love with a mission to positively change the discourse about same-sex relationships in America. |
| I was | A researcher at the CDC Where my research (published in peer-reviewed journals) was the first empirically to show a link between sleep deprivation and impulsive decision-making. |
| I am | pretty sure that Hating gay people tends to correlate very highly with being the Gayest Person Ever. |
| I am | a member of Phi Beta Kappa I even know the secret handshake. |
| I was | A network engineering technician for NASA Where I made sure our government officials had 24/7 access to Solitaire and Minesweeper. |
| I am | Creator of RubyRags.com A community-spirit-building project for Ruby programmers. |
| I enjoy | Star Trek. Macs. Secular rationalism. And science. |
| I am | was born in West Virginia I'm actually chawing on a reed of hay as we speak. |
| I was | A psychometrician at a psychiatric hopsital Where I spent part of my time helping dissect brains at autopsies. |
| I am | gay and happily married. Oh how I love living in Massachusetts. |
| I was | A technical editor and developer of internal software for a NASA contractor (L3 Communications) Where I grappled with the joyless arts of enterprise-speak and ASP/VBscript programming. |
| I am | pretty sure that Everything is essentially easy. Most of what passes for intelligence is just persistence and a high tolerance for boredom (both of which may technically be the same thing). |
