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John

Affirmatively opposed to all things zen

About Me

Me, according to my wife:
John is from Colorado and he never tires of saying that the Rockies are nicer than the Alps (even though he's never been there). His passion for politics and policy have made him spend his better years at Tulane in New Orleans, and later in Austin (after having survived 2 years in San Francisco). He currently works for the Texas Legislature.
A few fun facts:
He's lived in all 4 US timezones at least twice. He has won the gold medal in the Olympic Games of Speed Chess in one of his dreams. He has won real trophies in reality, but he modestly hides them in a closet. He watches a lot of documentaries on paleontology. And geology. And astronomy. (but he is not a nerd). He has a car named "Charlene".
He likes:
Good Texas BBQ (although a tragic crisis of conscience is pushing him in the vegitarian direction), the Longhorns, the Giants, fantasy baseball (roto only!), Emo's, chess, mountainbiking, snowboarding, tennis, Abraham Lincoln, Vince Young, Stanley Kubrick, Austin ("the promised land")...
He dislikes Cobras, Onions, Gerhard Schröder, badly timed traffic lights and Texas access roads, Michael Moore, Apple, The Salt Lick, being the first to jump in a pool, when Charlie the cat purrs in his ears at 5 am...

My Interests

Music, snowboarding, mountain biking, chess, poker, fantasy baseball, politics and foreign affairs, traveling, movies, investing, tennis

I'd like to meet:

Daniel Dumile

Music:

MF Doom, The Rakes, Interpol, The Besnard Lakes, TV On The Radio, Franz Ferdinand, Gang of Four, Josef K, Talking Heads, The Futureheads, Buck 65, Thievery Corporation, Tool, Johnny Cash, The Beatles

Movies:

Dr. Strangelove, Once Upon A Time In The West, Rear Window, The Godfather Parts I and II, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Modern Times, Rear Window, Team America: World Police, The Shining, Red Beard, Touch of Evil, Citizen Kane, Fargo, The Nights of Cabiria, The Big Lebowski, Pather Panchali, This Is Spinal Tap, Borat, Eyes Wide Shut, The Searchers

Television:

Aqua Teen Hunger Force, South Park, Seinfeld, The Office (US and UK versions), Sopranos, Reno: 911

Books:

Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse-Five, Catcher in the Rye, 1984, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order, Capitalism and Freedom

Heroes:

Abraham Lincoln, Vince Young, Stanley Kubrick

My Blog

Aeropuertos

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Posted by John on Fri, 11 May 2007 10:23:00 PST