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Theodore

Schlitz. No Schlitz? Blatts. No Blatts? Improvise.

About Me

An anachronism who reads a lot, dresses well, drives a Vespa, and enjoys a fine cocktail and a good piece of steak/mutton/lamb/veal/pork... ..

My Interests

The British Empire, Sartorial Splendor, Fine Alcoholic Spirits, New York City

I'd like to meet:

any and all connoisseurs of oysters, good drinks, great literature, the MET, the Brandy Library, Peter Luger's, Keen's Chophouse, and the Blind Tiger Ale House... width="425" height="350" ..

Music:

The Beatles, U2, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Gilbert and Sullivan, Pete Yorn, Dean Martin, The Postal Service, Belle and Sebastian, Weezer, Johnny Cash, Beethoven, Bach, Oasis, The Jam, 1920's / 1930's Jazz, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Satanicide, R.E.M., Sigur Ros, Heather, Tom Petty, Hair Supply, Air Supply, Travis, Louis Armstrong, Nat 'King' Cole, The Killers, James, Neutral Milk Hotel, Boccerini, Bach, Rossini

Movies:

Chariots of Fire, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Big Lebowski, Rushmore, Das Boot, Casino Royale, The Prestige, The Departed, The Untouchables, Ghostbusters, Super Troopers, From Russia With Love, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Topsy-Turvy, Miller's Crossing, Gallipoli, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Tombstone, A Hard Day's Night, Cinderella Man, On the Waterfront, Titus, Henry V, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Godfather, Breaking Away, Ronin, The Life Aquatic, Lethal Weapon, Seven, Paths of Glory, Zulu, Pan's Labyrinth, 40-Year-Old Virgin

Television:

Law and Order, Band of Brothers, the Simpsons, Seinfeld, Jeopardy, Lost, House, Iron Chef, Family Guy, Jeeves & Wooster, Blackadder Goes Forth, Brideshead Revisited

Books:

A Hero of Our Time, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, Crime and Punishment, all Evelyn Waugh: Brideshead Revisisted, Vile Bodies, Black Mishief, etc., all P.G. Wodehouse: Uncle Fred in the Springtime, The Code of the Woosters, Right Ho! Jeeves, etc., all Patrick O'Brian, Crime & Punishment, Demons, Sherlock Holmes, Trainspotting, American Psycho, Gotham, Dutch, Flashman

Heroes:

Theodore Roosevelt, Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson, Lawrence Chamberlain, Robert Falcon Scott, General "Chinese" Gordon