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Monday, 12 March 2012

Friday, 27 January 2012

  • Stroller Sleepies

    Charlie woke up at 3:15 this morning. So after a few hours of him tormenting me, I dressed Charlie for school an hour early and took him on a walk in a stroller in the hopes that he would catch a nap. He insisted he bring his Elmo book and then probably fall asleep holding it.

    "I love my Elmo book! But I love my sleep more!"

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Friday, 20 January 2012

  • What's for lunch

    I'm on a high fiber, low fat diet. It is tough, but I'm feeling much healthier. Here is lunch from a local deli. Tofu, mozzarella, broccoli, greens and a little chicken. I miss my old meals, but am getting healthy for my kids.

    What's for lunch for you today?

Books

  • Favorite Books: Cryptonomicon, Snow Crash, The Diamond Age... The Goal, Toyota Production System... A Wild Sheep's Chase
  • Favorite Authors: Neal Stephenson, Malcolm Gladwell, Haruki Murakami, Shigeo Shingo
  • Favorite Genres: Biographies, Memoirs, Business History, Scifi, Fantasy, History of Science, Journalism, Military History, Political Science... basically, I'm a nerd.
  • Favorite Characters: Sherlock Holmes (I'm a cliche), Edward Cullen (just kidding)
  • Recent Reads: The Case for Goliath, The Elements of Journalism, Beyond Band of Brothers, Scalia Dissents, Raising the Bar

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: The Paper Chase
  • Favorite Actors: Harrison Ford (pre Hollywood Homicide), Kiefer Sutherland (post Jack Bauer)
  • Favorite Directors: David Lean
  • Favorite Genre: documentaries, action movies (with big explosions), foreign flicks with subtitles (because I am going deaf... why don't all movies have subtitles?!)
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: I've got a bad feeling about this
  • Movies I can watch over and over: The Paper Chase
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Jack Bauer

Video Games

  • Games I Play: Burnout 3, Burnout Revenge, Tribes 2, Diablo 2, Warcraft 3, Starcraft Broodwar
  • Consoles: Xbox
  • Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Digdug, Elevator Action, Gauntlet, Street Fighter 2 (where I would get schooled by 6 year olds mashing the buttons).
  • Most Addictive: Probably Diablo 2
  • Proudest Achievements: Finishing all five single player missions in Tribes 2 on the hardest level, without dying once.

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About Me

  • I believe that children are our future. Teach them well, and let them lead the way.

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More About Me

  • Nicknames: My nickname growing up was "Xanga". It was an acronym for Xceptionally Awesome Ninja GangstA.
  • Religion: Xanga
  • Website: http://www.xanga.com

High School

  • School Name: South Lakes High School
  • Class of: 1992
  • Attended: 1988 - 1992

College

  • School Name: Dartmouth College
  • Status: Undergrad
  • Class of: 1996
  • Attended: 1992 - 1996
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Economics, Japanese
  • Minor(s): Engineering

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: French Bistro, Steakhouse, Korean, Thai. Also, greasy spoon diners.
  • Favorite Dishes: Anything with carbs in it. Also: steaks, eggs, and broccoli.
  • Favorite Desserts: Cheesecake
  • Favorite Drinks: Diet Peach Snapple
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Cool Ranch Doritos
  • Favorite Restaurants: 'ino, Danal

Travel

  • Places I love: Xanga. Oh you mean like, real places? Ok here goes: Tuscany, New York City, Tokyo, the Philippines, and anywhere that feels like "family"
  • Places I've been: Italy, South of Spain (sounds cooler than just saying "Spain" huh), Japan, the Philippines... that's about it.
  • Places to see before I die: I would like to go to North Africa, and visit the ruins of Carthage.
  • Dream Vacation: I don't really take vacations, except to visit my family.

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Keane, Maroon 5, Lauren Hill
  • Favorite Albums: Louis Armstrong meets Oscar Peterson, Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson, ok basically when anyone meets Oscar Peterson
  • Favorite Genre: Jazz standards, Funk, R&B, and whatever Keane/Maroon 5 are
  • Favorite Songs: The Touch of Your Lips, with Ben Webster on Sax
  • Guilty Pleasure: Pink
  • Songs I repeat the most: My headphones broke so I am music-less.

Television

  • Favorite Shows: 24, Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, Cheers, Seinfeld, Lois & Clark <-- I guess I haven't watched a lot of TV ever since this thing called the "Internet" came out.
  • Favorite Channels: HBO, any channel with Law & Order on it
  • Favorite Reruns: Three's Company
  • Most Addictive Show: 24
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Conan. And for the record: everyone says that Dave Letterman is better than Jay, but I totally disagree. Dave is so bitter and angry... I feel sorry for him
  • Favorite Episode: Season 5 of 24, when Jack Bauer kills the President of the United States! Just kidding... did I get you?
  • Show I Secretly Watch: The Nanny. She was working at a bridal shop in Flushing Queens, when her boyfriend kicked her out in one of those crushing scenes. Awesome.
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: La Femme Nikita