Born at Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, near Walden Pond, where Henry David Thoreau wrote some of his best material. Dad was Harvard/MIT mathematician, died of Altzeimers, Mom was a poet extraordinaire, and single-handedly raised five children. Wife and son are Russian, I am fluent in Russian, and working knowledge of: Ukrainian, Belarusian, Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit. Next language to tackle: Cantonese! So musical! Oh yeah, I'm a drummer, lyricist, composer, DJ, guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist, and certified Green Builder. Friends (Friends!!!) around the world, especially Oxford, Baikal, Japan, India, Nepal, Ukraine, Belarus, Russian Federation. Son: Lev Aziz Spaulding. Wife: Elena Vladimirovna Filenova (from the Greek root Phil, the last name means "Person of Love". One of my best friends: Melissa of Berkeley CA. Her blog is http://www.melissaprager.blogspot.com/ She is the leading expert with her housemate Aline Prentice on things Siberian, especially Lake Baikal, the most volumnous lake on Planet Earth (it holds one fifth of the melted fresh water in the world).
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