tcaruso2's profile

Education

• Ramapo Regional High School, NJ - 1966 to 1970
• University of Pittsburgh, PA - 1970 to 1974

Military

• - 1967 to 1971

More about me

I'm an intelligent ENFJ who makes an effort to "surrender to what is". I have no expectations and I don't make judgments about the choices others make. I want to enjoy every moment, see others as who they really are and not try to change them, connect on a level that others find stimulating and emotionally intimate, learn from a diversity of experience, and be with people with joy and compassion. Most important to me are my connections and relations with people. The activities that I enjoy that are associated with people are teaching, listening, providing clarity and insight, guiding and mentoring, advising, and being compassionate and a model father and friend. Also important to me is what I know, including spiritual teachings, neuroscience (neuropharmacology, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and consciousness), biology (molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, and genetics), information technology (internet, productivity software, languages, etc.), project management, history (world, ancient and American), international culture, communication techniques (Nonviolent Communication and Difficult Conversations), and business (economics, finance, marketing, intellectual property, academic-industry relationships, and strategic planning). The primary activities that I enjoy that are associated with these ideas are learning, teaching, advising, and serving as an expert. I am presently in a major transition in my life. In addition to getting separated in September 2007, I will definitely be in a different job situation in a few months. I don't know where I'll end up. I have hopes of being nearer to my son in Sacramento, preferably in San Francisco or maybe San Diego, where I adore the weather, though it is entirely possible I'll be in Boston as well. I am interested in meeting new friends from English speaking countries, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, Greece and Asia, particularly China and India.

Activities

Exercise at The Weight Club, playing on MySpace and FaceBook, chatting with my friends all over the world, spending quality time with my 14 year old son, ManKind Project participation in workshops and local men's circles, and spending time with good friends face-to-face.

Favorite Charities

Improving health care through biomedical informatics. Sailing, hiking, traveling, scuba diving, skiing (cross country and downhill, though I'm not very good at either), practicing Nonviolent Communication, doing research on Nonviolent Communication, genealogy, learning object oriented programming and design skill, and reading about genetics, neuroscience, psychology, world, ancient and American history, and sociology. I like a little bit of football, especially games of Virginia Tech and the New England Patriots, and I enjoy going to games of the Boston Red Sox with my son.

Favorite Music

David Byrne, Phillip Glass, Laurie Anderson, The Police/Sting, Peter Gabriel, Michelle Shocked, XTC, Dixie Chicks, Celtic, African, modern rock, Faith Hill and other female country singers, and a broad mixture of others. WUVT, WNRN, and Iceberg World.

Favorite TV Shows

I don't watch TV anymore, but like all the Star Trek versions except the original. Also enjoyed ER and West Wing.

Favorite Movies

The Little Buddha, Seven Days in Tibet, Groundhog Day, Castaway, Sleepless in Seattle, 50 First Dates, and many other romantic comedies. I don't like horror movies.

Favorite Books

Groundswell, Human Molecular Genetics, Next, Godel.Escher.Bach, Artificial Minds, all books by Joseph Goldstein, Wherever You Go, There You Are, The Five Truths about Truth, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Competitive Advantage, Mapping the Mind, Society of Mind, China and the New World Order, What Color is Your Parachute, Roberts Rules of Order, The Teaching Company Great Lecture Series, Alexander Hamilton and The House of Morgan by Ron Chernow, The Flying Boy Book III, The Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology, and Molecular Neuropharmacology.

Favorite Quotes

"Once the wrong belief that ‘I am the doer’ is destroyed and the nature of the real doer is known, all our puzzles are solved." ~ Adyashanti "Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one's Self is to be blissful always." ~ Ramana Maharshi "It was just yesterday we met in a dream." ~ Kahlil Gibran

Favorite People

Zach, Emy, Jay, Frank, Doro, Mika, Bryan, Claire, Clark, Victor, Jeff, Mark, Bill, Jeff, Michael, Michael, Odysseus, Julius Caesar, Henry the VIII, Isaac Newton, Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Jim Mitchell

Favorite Places

San Diego, New Zealand, Australia, San Francisco, Martha's Vineyard, Block Island, Boston, Washington-DC, Southwest Virginia, Minneapolis, UK, France, Italy

Favorite Animals

Pugs, french bulldogs, golden retrievers and most other dogs, otters, cats especially exotic ones, and essentially all creatures.

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