My name is George. I was born and raised in Toronto, Canada and now live with my young family in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. I am a network and system administrator for a Montreal shared computer services company by day. At night -- if I am not looking after the children -- I am either playing the piano or participating in Kyokushin Karate classes. I am fascinated by the similarities in Western languages and utterly terrified by the languages of the East. As a part-time musician, I have always been both interested in and frustrated by German. I travel to Europe sometimes and I find it both respectful and fulfilling to speak with friends -- old and new -- in their own language. For those who are looking for tutoring: my English skills are quite advanced. Being the son of a linguist and a librarian, dinner-time conversation in my childhood was high quality (I learned silence is golden). I am personally easy-going despite all that. I'll fix your errors, but I won't hold it against you: you're learning! To make my native language skills better, I practice "Plain English" (see Orwell or Gower) when writing. Technical writing guide-books have been of great assistance.