About

In my time so far as a human I’ve done a lot of things and been a lot of people. I’ve climbed through Mountains in China, co-written and performed a Glam Rock Opera, built a House (electrical, plumbing, carpentry), filmed Penguins in New Zealand, helped lock my friend in a Plexiglas Box for a week, was a counselor at a Summer Camp for Mentally Handicapped Adults, welded Custom Mutant Bicycles, was part of a 700+ child Protest in India, Turbo-Charged a Miata, performed Burlesque/Striptease Acts, officiated a Wedding, and built a Giant Lite-Brite.

I decided it was time to write a bit of it all down.

Names

All of the names following 4/18/08 have been changed so that I feel less bad about talking about people in public. Ex-girlfriends start with a W, and Zack and Zelda are recycled and used for humans who are likely to only appear once.

Correction! This blog has really been a learning experience. I quickly discovered that most people want to be recognized in my writings and I am now doing exactly the opposite and using full names so that stories can be found by web searching. Clearly there will be exceptions when dealing with issues of a truly private nature, in which case I’ll revert to the Z names. Humans. So fickle.

Photographs

Photographs are Creative Commons licensed images unless otherwise noted. (Clay art is Copyright Kai Mantsch.)

See Also

Mad Penguin Inc: My Documentary Film Production Company
kai at Jedi: More about Me