Schrauf

About me

Gender Male
Industry Accounting
Occupation Tax Manager
Location Portland, OR, United States
Introduction I live in the fantastic Northwest with my sweet wife Libby and fluffy dog Mika (a.k.a. Meeks). When not partaking in the tax accounting circus, my favorite escapes include cycling the superb local urban and mountain roads and trails, and kayaking the exhilarating whitewater. Oh, and of course, without beer or coffee, I'd have absolutely no discernible personality whatsoever...
Interests CYCLING - anyplace; just give me some hills and exciting traffic. Actually the West Hills above Portland are a blast. Favorite trails:, Ape Canyon, Porcupine Rim, Newberry Caldera, Bartlett Wash, Deschutes River, Gooseberry Mesa, Applegate Lake, KAYAKING (too often upside down):, White Salmon, Clackamas, Middle Fork Salmon, East Fork Lewis, Jordan Creek, Umpqua, Breitenbush, California Salmon, (home of the excellent and sublime Otter Bar Kayak School), BEER:, Ninkasi Total Domination IPA, Mt. Hood Brewing Hogsback Oatmeal Stout, Amnesia Brewing Desolation IPA, Pelican Brewery IPA, Rogue Brewery Shakespeare Stout, BridgePort IPA, COFFEE:, Stumptown Sumatra, McMenamins Black Rabbit, Raven's Brew Three-Peckered Billy Goat, Peet's Mocha Java
Favorite Movies Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Blood Diamond, Babel, Good Will Hunting, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, Twelve Monkeys, The Departed, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Grizzly Man, Garden State, Crash, Braveheart, Meet the Fockers, Indiana Jones Trilogy
Favorite Music Coldplay, Dido, Counting Crows, Dave Matthews, Goo Goo Dolls, Jack Johnson, Oasis, Live, Creed, Cranberries, Sarah McLachlan, Hootie & the Blowfish
Favorite Books Michael Crichton, John Grisham, Robert Ludlum, Year Zero (Jeff Long), Swan Song (Robert McCammon), Alas Babylon (Pat Frank), The Rift (Walter Williams), Lucifer's Hammer (Larry Niven), Earth Abides (George Stewart), The Little Ice Age (Brian Fagan), Cataclysms on the Columbia (John Allen)