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Ugly, fat, old guy who enjoys laughing at himself and his foibles. Pastafarian. Bohemian. Raconteur. Luckiest guy I have ever met. Bold and beautiful wife.

English, Hindi, Japanese

Stone carving, collecting classic convertibles, reading fiction and biographies. Skiing. Bocce. Squash/tennis.

Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. I think of myself as/want to be Hank Rearden. Richard Bachs Illusions. Yes, it is early-70s hippy silliness/idealism but I believe sincerely. And I see blue feathers nearly everywhere I look. I never have bugs on my windshield. Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. The very best satire of human motivations Neuromancer by William Gibson. Cyber-punks rule. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. The scary part of this book is how real it all is Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Terrific writer. High Fidelity by Nick Hornsby. Yeah, the movie was good also, but all of Hornsbys writings make me laugh/sob to the core. Actually, anything this man writes is gold. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. Not the novel you may be accustomed tobut thats more reason for you to read it. When I was an angry young single man, I re-read Men without Women by Ernest Hemmingway at least 2 dozen times. The man could write. Tales from Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffe

DMB, Grateful Dead, Foo Fighters