On the fence between cultures, spiritualities, and personal identities, a lover of languages, in part because of constant physical displacement since birth (father's job). Easily moved to tears by righteousness, and trying to love my enemies when I read the headlines. Repentant over my failures, though far from cured of them. I somewhat hypocritically demonize cell phones but celebrate paper (better read than dead).Some pleasures: studying classical Arabic, reading the news in Portuguese (actually depressing, in any language), petting the stray cat who visits, and being kind to my children.