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About Me

Glassblower and devotee of this noble material. Very nearly made the roller derby team. Excavatied Mammoth skeletons in South Dakota. Have an inexplicable fetish for rolling ladders. Wabi-Sabi curious. Collector of Art Deco toasters. Drawn to the chefs and the writers. Brainiac sympathizer. Map geek. Libertarian. An easy laugh. Fan of the good idea. Mushroom phobic. "Garden" variety fan of the NY Rangers, especially those D-Men Grinders. Worked for the Great Eva Zeisel. Life-long lover of animation; will always have a crush on Speed Racer.

My Interests

Design. Color. Hockey. Sarcasm. The MMA. Grey Goose Tonics. Spanish. Flirts. Molten glass. Brainiacs. Archeology. Physics. Conversation. Anticipatory Thinking. Coffee. Polemics. The smell of a passport stamp. Boots. Shoes aren't bad either. Diversity. Photography. The Third Amendment. Nerdy, irreverent, self-deprecating humor. Playing detective. Urban detail. Challenge. The Quick-draw. The career. Mañana por la mañana.

I'd like to meet:

Sloane Tanen - Al Gore - Craig McCracken - Mark Messier - Marco Pierre White - Savion Glover - Michael Moore - Mike Bloomberg - You (yes, you)

Music:

Locally, Von Robinson - Niagras - Chris Mann - Peter Cincotti. Tommy Page, my friend and savior - Defunct Punk from NJ: All At Random @ Finnegans, Saturday April 26th '08! Old Skool: Jools Holland - Benny Goodman - Elvis Costello. J5 -- yeah, I said it.

Movies:

Loggerheads and Dear Jesse, written and directed by Tim Kirkman - The Spanish Prisoner - Rent - The Station Agent - Lars and the Real Girl - Searching for Bobby Fisher - Brazil (+ other films based on "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge") - Throwing Curves, an Eva Zeisel biopic (features yours truly)

Television:

Futurama - Arrested Development - Dr. Katz - Reno 911 - Farscape - Six Feet Under - Jeopardy - Nat Geo - Top Chef - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - Rangers games - Anything with Vincent D'Onofrio.

Books:

When Time Ran Out, Coming of Age in the Third Reich, by Frederic Zeller (my uncle's autobiography). Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels. Fountainhead, by everyone's favorite woman to hate. Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon. White Slave, by Marco Pierre White. Ian-Andrew McKenzie's short fiction. Every Vonnegut except Happy Birthday Wanda June. Sloane Tanen's wicked chickens.

Heroes:

Andy Warhol. Robert Motherwell. Wilbur and Orville Wright. Raymond Loewy. Richard Feynmann. Anyone who can stand on shaky ground and keep going.

My Blog

Beyond Mrs. President

Once there is a female US president, there will never be another man. I can just feel the country getting ready to say, "Hey, women can run the house, the business, the investments, have the kids, AND...
Posted by AM¥ on Sat, 24 May 2008 08:14:00 PST

Abolish the Third

"No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."This is the third amendment to our constit...
Posted by AM¥ on Mon, 19 May 2008 05:39:00 PST

Sean Avery screening Martin Brodeur

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb4WaZMVtyE I saw this in person.... so glad Avery is a Ranger!...
Posted by AM¥ on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:49:00 PST

Dish

This weekend I’m wrapping up a package of 20 silverware designs I’ve created for a major American retail chain. Additionally, I put in a few more hours refining a bridal pattern for my own...
Posted by AM¥ on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:57:00 PST

Be Slimmer Yesterday

Today’s ONION sports the headline "Traveler Proclaims Dippin’ Dots the Dessert of the Future". (It started out funny but dragged and dropped off.)I tried once to explain to Kerry, aka The ...
Posted by AM¥ on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:11:00 PST

Spitzer! Didn’t Even Kiss ’er!

Grrrrrr. So... federal appointees can dethrone politicians elected by their constituents? Does anyone smell something burning? The honorable new governor admits to the same behavior that cost Spitzer ...
Posted by AM¥ on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:18:00 PST

NYers - NJers: Saturday April 26th

There just isn’t going to be a hipper place to be than at the re-reunion show of this band: http://www.myspace.com/allatrandom. Sat April 26th, 9:00 (?) pm. Show some love. I know there are some...
Posted by AM¥ on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:55:00 PST

Cell Phone Secret

Open your cell phone to expose the battery. See the little white indented circle, with pink dots? That is designed to indicate WATER DAMAGE. (Or in D’s case, milk.) Those pink dots will color th...
Posted by AM¥ on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:02:00 PST

Free Credit Report Dot Com

Anybody else notice the pair of commericals for Free Credit Report - dot - com? Features a tall, cute, curly-haired young man singing catchy tunes about his dubious circumstances thanks to an internet...
Posted by AM¥ on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:12:00 PST

Stanley Cup Playoffs

No one will find this interesting. I’m just going on record with my prediction.*This scenario is from the fan-of-the-sport perspective. (Go Rangers)EASTERN CONFERENCE ROUND 1Montreal over Washin...
Posted by AM¥ on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:49:00 PST