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Biography
I write, I teach, I cry at movies.
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Writers: David Sedaris, Kurt Vonnegut, Carl Sagan, Sarah Vowell, G.K. Chesterton, Ian Frazier, Adam Gopnik, Brian Doyle, John McPhee, John Donne, "Prufrock" - otherwise, fuck Eliot, Daniel Dennett, the Harry Potter series, in spite of Rowling, Daniel Dennett, Ray Bradbury, Douglas Adams, Camus, Dorothy Parker, George Orwell, William Faulkner, Matt Ridley, J.C. Hallman. Movies: Ran, Casablanca, Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, Lawrence of Arabia, The Empire Strikes Back, GATTACA, Contact, Mother Night, Jaws, Heat, The Cable Guy, Blazing Saddles, Monty Python and the Holy Grail/Life of Brian, Dr. Strangelove and Lolita. Television: Frasier, Cosmos, Attenborough nature programs, Aquateen Hunger Force, The Venture Brothers, Arrested Development, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Project Runway, Rome, Six Feet Under, Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Muppet Show, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Simpsons, South Park, Star Trek (Original Series, TNG, DS9), Quantum Leap and Strangers With Candy Music: David Bowie, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Silver Mount Zion, Tom Waits, Journey Heroes: My father, Bill Hicks, William Shatner, Daniel Dennett, Carl Sagan, Tim Schaffer.
