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About Me

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My Interests

Seeing the world, Finding out how things work, Finding out how people think, food, drink, film, the City, fencing, shiny objects, classic cars, baseball, finding that perfect pint, scotch, politics (duh, i work at the UN ;))

Music:

metallica, beatles, eric clapton, pearl jam, live, dmb, sting, eminem, bill evans, miles davis, rat pack lounge music, u2, rem, the ramones, grunge, garage rock, johnny cash, willie nelson, gipsy kings, usually something loud with a guitar riff and a strong backbeat.

Movies:

Classic Star Wars Trilogy, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Last Crusade, 007 (From Dr. No to Diamonds are Forever), Apollo 13, Animal House, Casablanca, Swingers, High Noon, The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, 2001, Sneakers, Matrix, Shakespeare in Love, 7 Samurai, Office Space, Sabrina, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Austin Powers, Euro Trip, Gladiator, The Jack Ryan Trilogy (Red Oct. Patriot Games, Clear & Present Danger)

Television:

Law and Order, West Wing, CSI, Trek, Simpsons, Rescue Me, Samurai Jack, Batman Animated, Family Guy, Smallville, Monster House, Iron Chef, SportsCenter, The Daily Show, Good Eats , Sopranos

Books:

Too Many to list. Favorite of all time is the 3 Musketeers. Closely followed by any King Arthur stuff.

Heroes:

JFK, FDR, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein, Alexander, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Steve Wozniak, Bill Joy, Dennis Richie, Neil Armstrong