The Passage: Curtis Sr.

Name: Curtis Ciszek Birthday: 04-26-54 Describe your personality: Full of goodwill towards others, willful, outgoing, friendly, adventurous, fun-loving.

Skills: Butcher, baker, Candlestick maker, tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor.

Is there something you tried and just found out you stink at? Commuting in heavy traffic, typing with more than two fingers, birth control.

Life highlights (awards, milestones, etc.): Climbing Mt. Rainier, sailing around the world, delivering my children -- just about every day of my life.

Scariest moments ever: Getting run down in the night by a 660-ft. tanker, being pulled into a spinning propeller shaft by a rope tangled around my leg, having my foot bitten off by a giant fish, uncontrollably spinning an airplane from five thousand feet down to three hundred feet, getting married, dropping a clothes washer twelve feet onto my best friend's head -- the list just goes on and on. I have lived a scary life.

Favorite food: The food of the I-Kiribati people is some of my very favorite.

Favorite activity: Sex... duhhh! Aside from this, exploring new places meeting new people, learning new facts.

Philosophy on life: Die with a minimum of regrets, and lead a life that will leave me missed by many.

Favorite animal: The sloth, because he is a gentle mammal that lives in total harmony with his surroundings.

Causes you believe in the most: Reforestation, protection of endangered species, population control.