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Hiphopopotamous

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About Me

On my great-grandfather's side I am a distant claimant to the British throne as the result of the somewhat abortive 1864 marriage of Lachlan McLean Viscount Mull and an obscure Duchess of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. I am currently positioned around 139th in line for the throne, between Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia (son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm the elder) and HRH Prince Michael of Prussia (brother of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm the elder). Though my father is a Roman Catholic, I am not, so technically I am not excluded from the line of succession per the Act of Settlement. Were he not Catholic he would be 139 and I would drop to 140.

My Interests

Flying, Snowboarding, Italian Suits, SCUBA, Reading, Cooking, Central Asian History, European History, International Politics, Languages, Hoaxes

Television:

Arrested Development, The Sopranos, Entourage, Battlestar Galactica, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, House, 30 Rock, The Office, The Riches, Dirt

Books:

Infinite Jest, Eastern Approaches, Bridge of Birds, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, The Good Soldier Svejk, American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, American Psycho,The System of the World, The Orientalist, The Areas of My Expertise, The Secret History

My Blog

Armenian Words of Wisdom

Words of wisdom from my Sam, Armenian car service driver. I need to start writing this stuff down.On the Turks spending money to hire lobbyists in DC:"I am happy are spending these motherfuckers their...
Posted by Hiphopopotamous on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:22:00 PST

August and September

I am very full after breaking the fast with a huge bowl of Pho and an order of Cha Gio at Pho 79 in Alhambra. It is definitely the best Pho I've had in LA, though I look forward to trying a bowl at Go...
Posted by Hiphopopotamous on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:34:00 PST

Montgomery March

Rode the the elevator in the Hyatt Houston today with a lady who, as a young girl, marched with Martin Luther King from Selma to Montgomery. What a link to history. Some of the other women in the elev...
Posted by Hiphopopotamous on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:24:00 PST

The Trip

I am recently returned from a week or so in Italy. What did I do, you ask? A lot, but I'll try and cover the basics. Pictures are at:http://johnandbrookepics.shutterfly.com/.Off to ItalyWe left last T...
Posted by Hiphopopotamous on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:19:00 PST

Tickets

Was in Houston this week for business and got to sit second row at a Rockets game. We've been on a bit of a ticket-buying spree the last few weeks, planning to see The Four Seasons,  Lordi at the...
Posted by Hiphopopotamous on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:50:00 PST

Breaking and Entering

So last night (or maybe the night before) my car got broken into. They ripped out the center console, but incredibly did not manage to get my radio out. They also left the radio faceplate sitting on t...
Posted by Hiphopopotamous on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:26:00 PST

Happy Birthday Perez

So thanks to Molly's boyfriend Wood, the wife and I went to Perez Hilton's birthday party at the Roxy on Sunset. Most of the celebrities had left by the time we went downstairs, but Perez was still t...
Posted by Hiphopopotamous on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:49:00 PST

Whistler

So just got back from a week snowboarding in Whistler with the family. Stayed at Creekside. Great to see the whole family, but the weather was atrocious. Rain Sunday, which turned the mountain into a ...
Posted by Hiphopopotamous on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:07:00 PST

Vacuum

So I haven't vacuumed in quite a while. Like maybe 2 months. Reason for this is that my vacuum has been busted. It's old, but I figure it should still work OK, so I take it to my friends at Tanner's V...
Posted by Hiphopopotamous on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 10:44:00 PST

Time at Home

So this last week I've gotten to spend plenty of time at home. In the last month I've been to Oahu, Memphis and Baltimore (for a wedding, another wedding and work, respectively).The Oahu trip was grea...
Posted by Hiphopopotamous on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:56:00 PST