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Barry

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About Me

I work for a major airline and love to travel. My partner Jim and I travel whenever we can. Our favorite destination is anywhere in Hawaii and we try to get there at least once a year. We like traveling to Los Angeles to attend tapings of our favorite TV shows. We've been to "Will & Grace" and "Two and a half Men" (3 times each) as well as "The Tonight Show," "Last Call with Carson Daly," "The Showbiz Show with David Spade," and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." We also enjoy going to concerts and seeing our favorite comedians Kathy Griffin (who we just saw for the 5th time), Wanda Sykes and Lisa Lampanelli. I travel to St. Louis regularly to visit my family.

My Interests

travel, movies, reading, genealogy, spending time with my three nephews (2, 7 and 10), history, listening to music, going to concerts, TV, equal rights, contests, writing

I'd like to meet:

Heidi Androl, Clay Aiken, Michele Balan, Lance Bass, George W Bush (to tell him what I think -- more and more each day!), Laura Bush, Mary Cheney, Cher, Kenny Chesney, Margaret Cho, Kelly Clarkson, George Clooney, Anderson Cooper, Jon Cryer, Carson Daly, Geena Davis, Ellen DeGeneres, Celine Dion, Melinda Doolittle, Queen Elizabeth II, Gloria Estefan, Melissa Etheridge, Gina Glocksen, Kathy Griffin, John Grisham, Josh Groban, Mariska Hargitay, Neil Patrick Harris, Sean Hayes, Enrique Iglesias, Elton John, Carolyn Kepcher, Lisa Lampanelli, Cyndi Lauper, Jay Leno, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Madonna, Ricky Martin, Martina McBride, Paul McCartney, Eric McCormack, Reba McEntire, Sarah McLachlan, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Megan Mulally, Martina Navritilova, Rosie O'Donnell, Kelly Perdew, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton, Bill Rancic, Condoleeza Rice, Julia Roberts, Chris Robinson, Ross the Intern, Stefanie Schaefer, Shakira, Carey Sherrill, Jon Stewart, Meryl Streep, Wanda Sykes, Tammy Trenta, Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Reese Witherspoon, BD Wong and Sean Yazbeck

Music:

My music interests are varied -- from classical to pop to country to Broadway to Latin pop, the list goes on and on. We like to attend concerts and in the past few years, we've been to Divas Las Vegas (twice), to Live8 and the Philadelphia Freedom Concert, to the Billboard Music Awards and the People's Choice Awards. We've also seen Cher (twice -- including The Final Concert in LA), Sarah McLachlan, Britney Spears, Shania Twain, Christopher Cross/Michael McDonald (it was free), Juanes, Amy Grant, Melissa Etheridge, Celine Dion, Cyndi Lauper, the Pet Shop Boys, Josh Groban, Brad Paisley(with Kellie Pickler opening for him), Annie Lennox and Kelly Clarkson. We attended the True Colors tour this summer-- Erasure and Cyndi Lauper were great (as were Margaret Cho and Rosie O'Donnell). We just saw Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson.

Movies:

Oh, there are too many to list!

Television:

America's Got Talent, American Idol, America's Next Top Model, The Apprentice, Boston Legal, Brothers & Sisters, Commander in Chief (canceled too soon), The Daily Show, Deal or No Deal, Desperate Housewives, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Hey Paula (is she nuts, or what?), Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List, Last Call with Carson Daly, Last Comic Standing, Law & Order:SVU, Mind of Mencia, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Property Ladder, Queer as Folk, Reba (we'll miss ya!), Scott Baio is 46 and Pregnant, The Showbiz Show with David Spade, Six Feet Under, The Tonight Show, Two and a Half Men, Will & Grace

Books:

I love to read -- favorite authors include Agatha Christie, John Grisham, Sue Grafton, John Jakes and Scott Turow. I also like historical books. I'm currently reading "Ordinary Heroes" by Scott Turow.