"Half of my life spent doing time for some other fucker's crime. / The other half found me stumbling around drunk on burgundy wine" (Robert Hunter, "Wharf Rat", The Grateful Dead). I was born in Detroit, Michigan, on 23 August 1964. 11,362 days later, after wandering around for 31 years (Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Leamington Spa, Ottawa Hills, Philadelphia, Berlin, and Saarbrücken), I moved to Basel on 2 October 1995. Now, another 11,362 days later, I have lived in Basel for half of my life: "Half of my life spent wandering around from town to town. / The other half found me sitting tight in a great place to settle down." (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 10 November 2026)