Thanks for your good wishes on my beard "plan". Love your beard colour; mine was nearly as red when I was 20.
I last visited SF in 1997, and loved it; my favourite city outside Europe. After a week in SF I drove up to Crater Lake - an amazing place.
I'm pleased to see you are a secular humanist; I am a signed-up member of the British Humanist Assoication and the Gay & Lesbian HA. Who needs religion...huh? I much happier without it.
Great beard. I too am a native of S.F. ,but left the foggy area when quite young. But still get my share below Diamond Heights. Those are some of my favorite films too.