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J.R.

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I've been in S.C. for seven months (maybe more) now, so it is either lazy or dishonest of me to claim I'm still getting unpacked here... That's why this block of text now reads differently than it did previously. Yes, I'm still a newspaper reporter. I'm still adjusting, in some ways, to the south. At least for now, my apartment is clean, I frequently socialize with my friends and my work performance is better than adequate.

My Interests

War and board games. Slot car racing. Sports. Canoeing. Poker. Beer. Steak. Writing. Sleeping.

I'd like to meet:

Michael Jordan. Bill Walton. Bob Woodward. Kevin Costner. George Romero. Kent Haruf. George H. W. Bush. Bill Simmons. Chris Matthews. Bill Clinton. John Feinstein. I have met: Studs Terkel, Barack Obama, Alan Keyes, Dennis Hastert, Don Beebe, Bo Jackson and Haley Barbour.

Music:

Alt-country, rock, funk, prog rock and pop. Some names? Ben Folds, Mike Doughty (and Soul Coughing), Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, Old 97's, George Clinton, Barenaked Ladies, Counting Crows, Neil Young, Procol Harum, The Ohio Players, Harvey Danger, Brian Vander Ark.

Movies:

Chariots of Fire. Rocky. Aliens. Road to Perdition. LOTRs. The Natural. Bull Durham. The Thomas Crown Affair (both). Any James Bond movie.

Television:

Survivor. The Apprentice. SportsCenter. Ghost Hunters. Fear. The Simpsons. House. Futurama. Hardball with Chris Matthews. Scrubs.

Books:

Plainsong. The Miracle of Castel di Sangro. Fat City. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books. Lord of the Rings.

Heroes:

Studs Terkel. Bill Walton. George H. W. Bush. (Yeah, I don't really have any heroes.)