Bio

Me

There are two places that I would so far call home: Montana, where I was raised and attended college, and Alaska, where I moved immediately upon graduating with my partner, who is pursuing a career in rural medicine. These two fantastic places are highlighted, in small part, in my page on mountains. Both have enriched my life a great deal.

Though, far more important than geography, we are defined by people. Here are mine. (And our awesome dog, Rosie, when she was a puppy. She’s a total rascal.)

Good Reading

Here are a few pieces of writing that I am particularly fond of (with some recency bias):

• Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari
• In Search of the Mount Cleveland Five, Terry Kennedy
• Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
• But What if We’re Wrong?, Chuck Klosterman
• Algorithms, Jeff Erickson
• Patagonia Vertical, Rolando Garibotti
• Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson
• Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins
• Computational Topology: An Introduction, Herbert Edelsbrunner and John Harer

Good Quotes

“The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” ~ Albert Camus

“Young man, in mathematics you don’t understand things. You just get used to them.” ~ John Von Neumann

“My favorite state has not yet been invented. It will be called Montana, and it will be perfect.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“It doesn’t have to be fun to be fun.” ~ Mark Twight

Random

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