Fun and interesting read. I can see the need for being very specific on tons of stuff when your life essentially becomes traveling the world going from talk to

Fun and interesting read. I can see the need for being very specific on tons of stuff when your life essentially becomes traveling the world going from talk to talk likely always organised by someone new and inexperienced at hosting important speakers. Some of these sound sadly like they are direct results of bad experiences such as: If you can find a host for me that has a friendly parrot, I will be very very glad. If you can find someone who has a friendly parrot I can visit with, that will be nice too. DON'T buy a parrot figuring that it will be a fun surprise for me. To acquire a parrot is a major decision: it is likely to outlive you. If you don't know how to treat the parrot, it could be emotionally scarred and spend many decades feeling frightened and unhappy. If you buy a captured wild parrot, you will promote a cruel and devastating practice, and the parrot will be emotionally scarred before you get it. Meeting that sad animal is not an agreeable surprise.