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Marc

I'm coolin' and chillin' just like a snowman.

About Me

It's four in the morning, the end of December I'm writing you now just to see if you're better. New York is cold, but I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.

My Interests

Scotch whisky, travel, eating, history, The Simpsons

I'd like to meet:

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel you were famous, your heart was a legend. You told me again you preferred handsome men but for me you would make an exception....I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best, I can't keep track of each fallen robin. I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel, that's all, I don't think of you that often.

Music:

Yo La Tengo, Magnetic Fields, Pixies, Galaxie 500, Wedding Present, My Bloody Valentine, Seam, Neutral Milk Hotel, Stars, Heavenly, poundsign, Pastels, Arrogants, Concretes, Aberdeen, Lois, Go Sailor, Hummingbirds, Velocity Girl, Spinanes, Codeine, American Music Club, Mark Eitzel, Low, Mojave 3, Mazzy Star, Opal, Dirty Three, Slint, Bedhead, Carissa's Wierd, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Modern Lovers, Cure, Smiths, Velvet Underground, Iron and Wine, Palace, Bonnie Prince Billy, Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, bebop, Professor Longhair, Black Cat Orchestra, Louis Prima and Keely Smith

Movies:

1. The way Dustin Hoffman pounds the glass of the church's windows as he's screaming Katherine Ross's name.2. The way Marlon Brando holds his head as he's pleading with Kim Hunter.3. The way Robert Burke rests on Karen Sillas's shoulder at the end of "Simple Men".

Television:

The Office (BBC version), Simpsons, King Of The Hill, Heatvision and Jack, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Twin Peaks, Mr. Show, Strangers With Candy, Kids In The Hall, Sealab, MXC, My Name Is Earl

Books:

Wealth of Nations, Lolita, Jimmy Corrigan, Generation X, For Whom The Bell Tolls, The Forgotten Soldier, Catcher In The Rye, 1984, Brave New World, Gates Of Fire, John Keegan's histories

Heroes:

Alexander the Great. A man of will can accomplish anything.

My Blog

Unacceptable

I am hereby declaring a moraturium on women wearing flip-flops in every day situations.  Since when did this become acceptable? Earlier this evening I was at a semi-formal Italian dinner place.&n...
Posted by Marc on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:11:00 PST

Meth-lite

Today I took a class through my culinary school on chocolate truffle making.  Usually when I eat sugar it doesn't bother me much.  But today I ate a shitload of truffles.  Because they ...
Posted by Marc on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:38:00 PST

WWE

So earlier this evening I was taking a nap and I had a dream I just started working for Vince McMahon in the WWE's creative department.   I first idea I pitched to him was a total thr...
Posted by Marc on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:39:00 PST

RenTon RedRum

The following story was sent to me by my Dad.  I love my Dad completely.  He can be really, really funny although he has no sense of humor and has no intention of being funny.  He also ...
Posted by Marc on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:32:00 PST

Why I Love Nevada

You know, the anti-tobacco crusade uses a lot of different tactics in their campaigns to get people to quit smoking.  Some ads target fear and disgust, showing how years of tobacco use can ravage...
Posted by Marc on Fri, 05 May 2006 04:43:00 PST

Why I Love the East Coast

I'm here in Boston right now.  I love Boston.  I love the east coast because today I saw a headline in the Boston newspaper that you wouldn't see in good, old milquetoast Seattle.  It r...
Posted by Marc on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 06:36:00 PST

the restaurant business

So earlier this evening I caught a flight from NYC to Atlanta.  I had the aisle seat, the guy in the middle seat was this big dude.  Not big as in fat-big, but big as in muscular.  He w...
Posted by Marc on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:36:00 PST

Say it with Hallmark

So the other day I was in Kansas City for meetings.  It turns out Hallmark Cards International is based out of Kansas City, and they use our software to analyze their investments.  I had a m...
Posted by Marc on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:09:00 PST

A big, big love

So yesterday I had meetings all day in Hartford, Connecticut.  The Pixies were playing a show in Albany, NY, which is about two hours away, and in the opposite direction of Boston, where I needed...
Posted by Marc on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:40:00 PST

Mafia haircut

So earlier this afternoon I went out to get my hair cut.  I always like to seek out the old-school barber shops and get my hair cut by salty old men.  I found this one place that looked pre...
Posted by Marc on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:42:00 PST