I have a variety of interests, and I tend to cycle among them:

  • I like playing chess, and prefer over-the-board to online. My rating from FIDE is about 1600. You can check out some of my best games alongside my commentary. If you don’t know much about chess, this profile of me in the SF Chronicle will give you a sense of what it’s like to talk to me.
  • I’m a visual artist and I’ve led maker spaces focused on theatrical production, photography, wood work, and moveable type printing. One of my favorite examples is my 2016 production of Julius Caesar where I was director and tech lead. My artistic choices to gender reverse that cast and set the piece during the 1920s Progressive Era led was lauded as “a rare commodity in the vast collection of Shakespeare performances”.
  • I like table top games of all kinds. My favorite board game is Wingspan because it strikes a good balance for casual and expert players. Also it has birds. My favorite table-top RPG is Mouse Guard which is built on the Burning Wheel system. I’ve been branching out from d20 systems like Dungeons and Dragons, and I really like the control Mouse Guard/Burning Wheel gives GMs over probability distributions. Also it has mice. My favorite card game is Pokemon where my main decks are built around bird pokemon and mouse pokemon.
  • I really like pigeons and my opinions on that will not fit on this page.