Super Powers: herding cats, the written word, distorting the truth in color with Excel, member of the CST (the Cheat Surgical Team), reading and understanding specs, writing specs that other people can understand, brewing beer, pratfalls, impact injuries and lacerations, teaching people how to ski, and determining the breaking point of any given piece of software.

Dark Secret: I filed bug number 666.

Favorite Things: Whitewater kayaking, skiing, snowboarding, aikido, hiking, biking, tennis, gardening, writing, Guy Ritchie films, and bossa nova.

My Personal Motto: “Oh, this doesn’t work, it’s just a prop!” — Dan Aykroyd playing Julia Child