Hello World!

My name is Travis and I'm a tornado-tauntin', bull-ridin', cactus-huggin' Texan currently living in the beautiful city of Austin. My excitement for the future of blockchain technology oscillates on a daily basis between irrational exhuberance and pee-my-pants anticipation. I heard about steemit through @bitcoinandcoffee and finally decided to check it out. Needless to say, this place is wonderful. I'm still learning the ropes (for instance, where is the best place for me to ask questions and get answers from the community?), but from what I can tell, most Steemians are a beautiful cocktail of passion and compassion which is exactly the type of people I like associating myself with. I want to be a part of this community and help it grow.

As I write this, I'm going to try to incorporate as many markdown features as possible to help my brain learn them faster.

About Me

My background is in engineering, but I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I want to do. My fiancee and I are moving to California for her job in August and I have a few options on the table that I'm still weighing - I'll keep you guys posted. More about my fiancee: her name is Jennifer and she is smokin' hot beautiful, smart, and the kindest soul you'll ever meet. We met online but coincidentally only worked two buildings away from each other at the time and even rode the same bus to campus every day. We joke that it's a good thing our relationship worked out cause someone would have had to find a different bus route. Here's a photo of us from our engagment shoot. She's the one in the heels.

We took these shots at Mayfield park in Austin which is home to about 10 peacocks. One of them was nice enough to join us for our picnic. Hello peacock!

When I started dating Jennifer, it was like a 2-for-1 sale for my heart. Steemians, meet Darwin, the other love of my life.

His yawns are adorably derpy!

Here are some other facts about me speed-dating style.

Noun	Quantity/Rating
Sister	1
Brother	0
Niece	1
Nephew	1
M.S. Orbital Mechanics	1
Ph.D. Golf	0 (future goal)
Reading	7
Puns	8
Companies	1 (co-founder)
Beer	10
Hangovers after drinking wine	irritating

That's enough about me for now. To learn more in the future, go ahead and follow me. I'll also follow you. We can just follow each other around.

Topics I Hope to Cover in My Posts

I do not currently create content for any other websites, so everything you see on my account is 100% original and dripping in hot-off-the-press grime. Topics I'm thinking about covering include but are not limited it:

• space news and little-known facts
• science
• book reviews
• weird diseases
• spiritual teachers (I think of them more as philosophers) and their teachings (philosophies)
• humor
• Austin graffiti art
• Texas musicians you probably don't know

I will also do at least one post on artwork that I've been working on recently which is heavily inspired by the work of Petros Vrellis. As a little preview, here's a portrait of Willie Nelson I did a few months ago.

I think that's about all I have for now. Thank you for welcoming me into the community! I look forward to getting to know each of you and reading/watching your posts.